St?. r [@ ug/gling! to make end=s meet?,,$?\ Haley strik. es a one.-(ni-%/ght deal with Jul^-/ian, he@%[i:r\/ to ?a `power]*]f/ul wealthy family, a]t a nightc) lub [%to ,fund# he*\%(r gra@:v%ely i,]ll mothe/`r’s tre:]-[atment+. She?- is
^ c*onvinced ,/t[hey wi^#=ll part ways forever after tha/t night, only to ?,^[find herself repeat^:edly
, ! draw\ n into his world.
At a high- profil* e auction, Ju(lian pays= an as!-^[t!+,r*onomical sum to [* clai.;m her. It soon emerge s that !:he has been secretly _laying :the@[/ groundwor+k f_or ye[
a;^rs to track d)#@o%% wn and dis[]mantle \a human t;rafficking syndi?._cate.)) (?Her ch(ild=hoo[(d swee@:t^ !h_ +ear\:t Ryan, ,who comes across as. gen\:-!tle and refine/d @%on the surface, is s,ecretly the* ruthl [@es-s kingpi/^n of the c]?riminal .+*ring — and so t*he fateful entangleme- *nt of t\he three b^ e%gins !to unfol.,;d.
Whe@]n gunfire[ erup$ts, H
al--/ey ]@(=(take])?s t#he fata]l bullet meant ^for Juli,an. As she wakes*. =up to%@ his`
long-overdue confe * ssion, s\+*he is /left to wo nder: should she trust -in  f*ate’s design, or is this nothing but fat#(\e’s-. c rue#l joke? S,*panning fi ve ye[!ars of unspoken affection, .]this secre,`-t lo!v[,e will fin
%all```y find #)+its answer !@;amid h)`igh-*soci]*%*ety conspi!$+%racie(/;s a%nd life-and
]^ -death tri%als.