The Perfect Pretense

Some lies are built to protect. Some are built to destroy. And some... are built to love. Serena Voss has spent years constructing a life that needs no one. Sharp, successful, and fiercely independent, she is New York City's most sought-after PR strategist. She does not do trust. She does not do vulnerability. And she absolutely does not do billionaires. Then Damien Cole walks in. Powerful. Magnetic. Deliberate. He says he needs her to save his empire's reputation. What he does not say is that he chose her on purpose, that her name had been on a list long before she ever knew his, and that nothing about their meeting was accidental. As the Manhattan skyline witnesses their collision of ambition and desire, Serena finds herself falling for a man whose secrets run deeper than any boardroom scandal. And when she finally uncovers the truth buried beneath his perfectly constructed world, she will have to answer the one question she never prepared for. What if the man who deceived her is also the only one who ever truly saw her? A story of power, passion, and the dangerous territory where desire ends and deception begins