Forensic accountant Jo Calder took down the operation that nearly destroyed her marriage - but Sasha Kessler was never the real threat. Six months after his arrest, Jo catches his uncle watching her across a crowded ballroom, and she understands, instantly, that the actual architect of thirty years of laundered money has finally decided she's worth his attention.
Viktor Kessler doesn't threaten. He invites. He hands Jo a seat on his foundation's board, full access to his books, and the unnerving sense that he wants her to find exactly what she's looking for. Because unlike his nephew, Viktor never panics, never overreaches, and never leaves a single fingerprint on anything that could actually convict him.
Jo wants to build the case the right way - slow, documented, unbreakable. Her husband Rian, a former operative who spent eleven years solving problems a very different way, isn't sure the right way is fast enough to keep her alive. Together with the found family who've become their only real armor - a fierce protector, a stubborn survivor, a therapist learning to fight for what she wants, and the ex-handler who loves her - they'll have to combine every hard-won skill they have before Viktor decides Jo has stopped being interesting and started being a liability.
Because the most dangerous man they've ever faced isn't the one who raises his voice. He's the one who never has to.
The Wrong Ending is the explosive, emotional conclusion to the Masquerade Series - a romantic suspense trilogy about the families we choose, the masks we finally put down, and loving someone enough to fight for them the hard way.