When Elena Hart, a nursing student who is really struggling attends a party for an engagement at Ashford she does not expect to see a murder—or catch the eye of the scary man standing next to the dead body. That man is Jordan Vale. He is a billionaire and a strategist who is very good at being cold. People say he will destroy anyone who gets in his way. Right after the lights go outand a woman is found dead,Jordan tells Elena to forget what she saw.. By morning some unknown people are already trying to hurt her. Elena gets pulled into a world that's full of rich families, secret identities and hidden dangers. She soon learns that the powerful Ashford family empire is built on lies. It seems that Jordan might be using her to find out the truth about a woman who was not supposed to exist. More and more people betray her and secrets start to come out Elena realizes that nobody in Ravencrest City is trustworthy. * Not the police. * Not even Jordan. The closer Elena gets to Jordan the more she is scared of the truth. In a city where having power means everything… Falling in love, with Jordan might be the deadly mistake of all.