Her entire life, Ardath has wanted to do one thing: save people in a way no one managed to save her mother. After growing up without any real family, she wants to spare others from the same fate. She's come up with a brilliant plan to save even more lives, if only she can fund it.

Albert Devonshire the fourth—whose friends call him Ace—founded a successful gaming company that he loved running. . .until his dad got sick. When he takes over management of the family-owned chain of hospitals, he discovers his Dad's been struggling with dementia for a while. The business is in shambles, and his mother's spending isn't helping anything.

When a young, beautiful doctor asks for funding to launch a program she's clearly passionate about, he hates turning her down, but he has no choice. They're one do-gooder program away from shutting down.

Ardath doesn't take his refusal very well, and the more time Ace spends around Ardath, the more he hates being her enemy, but he can't let the family empire collapse over yet another crush. Can Ardath and Ace make peace, or will their duties to their families set them irrevocably at odds?