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The case was supposed to be closed.
Vivian Cole helped expose the hidden account inside Ashford Capital, turning a buried fraud into a case strong enough for regulators, prosecutors, and law enforcement. Nicholas Ashford, the man known as the Paper King, finally had the documentation he needed to protect his firm, his clients, and the reputation he spent years building.
Then Vivian finds something else.
A live server session.
A second trail.
A new operation built from the ruins of the first.
This time, the money is not simply being moved. Client data is being stolen, market positions are being targeted, and someone far more dangerous than the original fraudster is using the clean hands of the first disclosure to build a smarter crime.
Nicholas thought the hardest part was over.
Vivian knows the numbers are telling a different story.
As they follow a trail through stolen credentials, hidden ownership structures, offshore trusts, and market intelligence theft, the investigation becomes faster, deeper, and more dangerous than either of them expected. Every answer points to someone who knows the system, knows the evidence, and knows exactly how to stay invisible.
But Vivian sees patterns no one else sees.
And Nicholas is no longer willing to let her face the danger alone.
Clean Hands is Book Two in the Paper King series, a premium romantic suspense novel featuring forensic accounting, financial corruption, server intrusion, stolen client data, offshore structures, high-stakes investigation, billionaire CEO tension, and a dangerous slow-burn connection built on trust, precision, and the truth hidden inside the paper trail.
