When Madison Rylands is sent to track down the man who vanished after winning a half-billion-dollar lottery, she expects excess, secrecy, and scandal.
What she finds instead is Liam Thornton. Quiet. Guarded. Restoring old boats in a fading coastal town that doesn't ask questions and doesn't give answers.
Madison is an investigative journalist with a deadline and a career on the line. Liam is a man who has learned that money turns people into hunters. He has built his life on anonymity, integrity, and the belief that some things are worth protecting from the world.
As Madison is drawn deeper into his carefully constructed solitude, the line between observer and participant begins to blur. Every truth she uncovers makes the story more compelling-and publishing it would destroy the only place Liam has ever felt safe.
Exposing him could save her career.
Protecting him could cost her everything.
