The cross is the key...One year after being shot in Italy, Rachel Sanders returns in search of the jeweled cross that triggered a heartbreaking family betrayal. Determined to keep the treasure from her mother's greedy hands, she's caught off guard by the interference of an irresistibly charming rival. His unexpected offer to help might be self-serving, but she's thrown into a precarious situation where she can't refuse...and finds she doesn't want to anyway.Nick Marshall has a family legacy to recover and a score to settle. Anyone with the last name Sanders is fair game—until he meets Rachel. She's gorgeous, smart, sexy, and doesn't buy one word of his cover story. When their attraction combusts, each kiss makes his deception burn like acid, and he begins to question his end goal.But they're not the only ones after the cross. Ruthless players willing to do anything to recover the treasure first put Nick and Rachel's lives at risk. Despite all the secrets and lies, lines quickly blur between the con and the real deal. Can love survive a double-cross when the mystery is unlocked?