Forbidden Stranger

She only wanted a chance at love. She never expected that the one man who truly saw her, challenged her and lifted her higher would be the person she was never meant to meet.

Twenty-four-year-old Janyia Hefling enters Peryn City's most competitive career program hoping to escape the weight of being the eldest of six, the expectations of her quietly struggling family, and the constant pressure to prove she's more than her circumstances.

She wasn't expecting him.

Eric Dusine-calm, brilliant, effortlessly playful, a tech CEO who neither looks nor acts the part.