Monique Savard's flawless dark skin and sculpted cheek-bones may have made her one of New York's hottest fashion models, but she came to the city with an entirely different goal in mind. Desperate to unravel the sixteen-year-old mystery of her mother's unsolved murder, she has no interest in romance—especially with high-profile attorney Khamil Jordan, a man she's sure is a smooth and shallow playboy.