Sofia Romero has everything to prove—and to lose.
After convincing her controlling father to trust her with the biggest acquisition the family business has ever seen, Sofia can’t say no when the outgoing owner demands she partner with someone to revitalise the company. But when that someone turns out to be her first love—the man she walked away from without explanation a decade ago—Sofia is forced to face the truth: she is utterly incapable of resisting Mat McCallister.
Getting his heart eviscerated by Sofia taught Mat some hard lessons about love, trust, and the value of playing ruthless. Ten years later, he’s turned heartbreak into his greatest asset, building a reputation for hostile takeovers and cold precision. So when he's forced to work with the one woman who burned him, Mat’s convinced he can keep things strictly business—and have her running scared in three months, tops.
Easy. Right?
But as the samba beats pulse through the Brazilian summer and the magic of Carnaval strips everything down to desire, these two ex-lovers turned enemies must decide if holding on to hate is worth losing the one thing neither of them saw coming: a second chance that feels dangerously close to love.