Sophia Chen has built her marketing agency from nothing, sacrificing sleep, relationships, and everything else to make it succeed. Landing Reed Industries as a client could transform her company, if she can survive its demanding billionaire founder.

Jackson “Jax” Reed is brilliant, relentless, and accustomed to getting exactly what he wants. His fortune and reputation have made him powerful, admired, and alone. When Sophia challenges him in his own boardroom, she becomes the first person in years to see beyond his carefully controlled public image.

Their professional clashes soon ignite an attraction neither can ignore. But with Sophia’s business depending on Jax’s company, acting on their feelings could cost them both. Even after Jax steps aside to give her a choice, his scandalous past threatens the future they are beginning to build.

Forced apart, Sophia buries herself in work while Jax turns his ambition toward helping teenagers failed by the foster-care system. As both confront the emptiness behind their success, they must decide whether people can truly change, and whether love deserves a second chance.

The Merger We Never Planned is an emotional contemporary romance about redemption, found family, and two driven people learning that the greatest success is building a life worth sharing.