When Valentina Escudero returns to her dead father's Colombian estate, she expects to find ruins—she doesn't expect to find a lake full of hippos. Pablo Escudero, the most feared drug lord in South American history, smuggled four hippos into his private zoo decades ago. Now there are over a hundred, and the Colombian government has authorized their extermination. Enter Raj Malhotra: Indian billionaire heir, wildlife crusader, and a man with his own dangerous secrets. He offers to relocate eighty hippos and save them—but his price is Valentina herself. Pulled into a web of cartels, political conspiracies, and a passion that could destroy them both, Valentina must decide what she's willing to sacrifice: her family's dark legacy, the lives of impossible beasts, or her own heart.