The Billionaire's Forbidden Kingdom (Empire of Desire #38)

When cybersecurity expert Zara Al-Rashid is hired to protect the digital empire of billionaire tech mogul Damien Blackwood, she expects a routine job—firewalls, encryption, a few late nights.

What she doesn’t expect is to discover that Damien’s company is built on a foundation of stolen intellectual property, and that the woman who created the original code was Damien’s first love—and Zara’s mother.

As Zara digs deeper into the truth, she realizes that Damien is not the monster she thought he was.

He’s a man haunted by guilt, trapped by secrets, and desperate to make amends.

But the forces arrayed against them—corrupt board members, rival hackers, and a government agency with its own agenda—will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

Zara and Damien must navigate a labyrinth of lies, betrayal, and forbidden desire to uncover the truth about the past—and to build a future that honors the legacy of the woman they both loved.