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For a woman who has never lost a battle, the most terrifying thing in the world is learning how to surrender.
Maying Lee is a shark. As a high-powered defense attorney in the city's most ruthless corporate law firm, she has spent the last decade building an impenetrable fortress of wealth, immaculate designer suits, and a terrifying courtroom reputation. Driven by a desperate need to outrun her humble Hmong beginnings and the heavy expectations of her traditional family, Maying believes that absolute power is the only true protection against a cruel world. But her flawless armor cracks when she is called upon to defend the one man who still haunts her past: Tou Long Her.
Now a titan of industry facing ruinous corporate charges, Tou Long needs a warrior. Maying is ready to wage war to protect him, secretly hoping to prove she is finally worthy of the man who got away. But the battlefield shifts when Maying discovers she wasn’t chosen by Tou Long, but by his wife, Dee—a woman whose quiet, unshakeable grace forces Maying to realize that her own aggressive ambition has left her profoundly, agonizingly lonely.
Caught between the thrill of the courtroom and the desperate ache of an empty penthouse, Maying must face the ultimate trial: Can she learn to put down her sword before she loses the only people who truly want to love her?