Jalissa Dummond has only three rules: no strings, no promises, and no catching feelings. It was supposed to be so simple. Just two women blowing off steam in the shadows of families that never stop watching. In a world where loyalty is currency and betrayal is tradition, love is a liability she can’t afford.

For months, her arrangement with Valerie Johnson worked. But secrets don’t stay buried long and neither do old grudges.

When a long-hidden family scandal resurfaces and new players scramble for an opening to strike at the heart of the Dummond family, their carefully contained affair becomes collateral damage. Suddenly, what started as convenience turns into something far more dangerous.

Falling for Valerie wasn’t part of the plan. Because in families where betrayal is inherited, the most dangerous secret might be how much they’re willing to risk for each other.