Maya planned to focus solely on schooling but was unaware of how much Leo would affect her life after just one night spent together. Their chemistry developed into a dangerous love affair hidden behind the cold, dark bricks of the university. Leo possesses all the elements an ideal hero should have: passionate, protective and loyal—and their "pure love" will face the ultimate test due to the harsh realities of college life.The beginning of the danger lies in a few beats prior to Professor Sterling stepping down from his podium and dropping Maya's missing pencil right at her desk, proving that he knows her most private secret. He tells her to come to his office, which puts her into complete panic mode.This finding launches Maya and Leo into an extensive, winding series of blackmail attempts, college politics, and high-stakes risk-taking. Professor Sterling is a lurking predator who will use his power to separate Maya from Leo. To keep their bond intact and identify how much corruption exists throughout the faculty, Maya and Leo must risk everything.Can Maya and Leo survive their romantic relationship along with the predator who is lurking in darkness? What impact will the constant pressure of the atmosphere where relationships are used as weapons of one-upsmanship due to abuse of power have on their relationship? Could they be torn apart by continuing to hide their secrets until fate does its worst?

My father didn't sell me to Silas Vane. I chose this.When he ended up owing forty million dollars to the scariest man in the city, I knew he was a dead man. To save his life, I made a deal. I walked into Silas Vane’s world on my own two feet and offered myself as the guarantee that the debt would be paid. I traded my freedom so my father could live.Now, I’m trapped in a massive house made of glass and marble. Silas is cold, dangerous, and powerful. He thinks I’m just a girl in a pretty dress who will sit in my room and do what I’m told until he gets his money.He has no idea who he let into his house.I’m a hacker. While he’s out running his criminal empire, I’m secretly getting into his private computers. I’m digging through his files and breaking down his security, looking for a way to get my life back. But the more I dig, the more secrets I find—like the mystery of his sister and why he keeps fresh flowers in a locked chapel in the garden.At a dangerous dinner with other criminals, a stranger slipped me a note. It says Silas is a murderer and that I’m his next victim. Now, I have to figure out the truth. Is Silas the monster everyone says he is, or is he the only person actually keeping me safe from the people who want me dead?I came here to save my father, but now I’m fighting for my own life. Silas Vane thinks he owns me, but he’s about to find out that I’m the one who’s really in control.