Everyone has secrets, even the leader of the free world. Even his wife. I was Ophelia Harris, America’s youngest First Lady. Now I'm America’s Widow, and my husband’s secrets continue to haunt me. They continue to threaten my life. I’m supposed to grieve with the world and keep up the façade of the perfect marriage and the perfect life. But I can’t. Because of him. Cruz Solano, the man I can never have and the only one I'll ever want.

They call me America's Widow. They expect me to mourn forever. But, I've taken a lover. Someone fierce. Someone irresistible. Someone dangerous. The closer I get to Cruz, the more I'm convinced he’s keeping secrets. And secrets, I've learned, can be deadly.

The worst betrayals are ones you don’t see coming. The greatest lies are the ones we pretend aren't real. But my life is at the mercy of Cruz Solano, the greatest pretender of them all. Now I have no one to trust, nowhere to hide and the country I love is in the hands of a sociopath. If I want to survive, there's only one person I can trust. The same person who is willing to sacrifice love for duty: me