Loyce Carter has one goal: survive college.With nothing but a scholarship, a nearly empty bank account, and a determination that refuses to die, she enters one of the most prestigious colleges in the city—a place where money determines your status and wealthy students treat scholarship students like they don't belong.Loyce doesn't care.She didn't come here to make friends.She didn't come here to impress anyone.And she definitely didn't come here to fall for a billionaire.Damian Blackwood is the golden boy of the college.Billionaire heir. Basketball superstar. Heartbreaker. Playboy.Every girl wants him.Every girl dreams of becoming his girlfriend.Damian is used to getting whatever—and whoever—he wants.Until Loyce Carter walks into his life.She's beautiful, stubborn, fearless, and completely unimpressed by him.For the first time, Damian meets a girl who doesn't care about his money, his fame, or his looks.And it drives him crazy.When the most popular boy in college starts paying attention to the scholarship girl everyone else looks down on, Loyce suddenly finds herself at the center of attention.Especially from Malisa Kensington—the school's fashion queen and one of the girls determined to make Loyce regret ever stepping onto campus.But Damian isn't backing away.The more Loyce pushes him away, the more determined he becomes to get closer.And soon, Damian begins to realize something terrifying...This isn't another game.He's falling for the one girl he was never supposed to want.But Loyce has no intention of becoming another name on Damian Blackwood's list of broken hearts.Because she may be struggling financially...But she knows her worth.And she refuses to surrender.Not to the bullies.Not to the rich.Not even to the billionaire who has suddenly decided she belongs to him.He can have every girl in the college.But the one girl he can't have is the only one he wants.
Aria has spent her entire life believing she is nothing more than a powerless servant.
In a kingdom where power and bloodline determine a person's worth, she has learned to accept humiliation and stay out of the way. But everything changes when strange events begin to make her question the life she has always known.
Laura, a powerful woman in the royal household, seems to know something about Aria's past. Andren's mysterious attention makes Aria uncomfortable, while the Prince begins to notice that there is something unusual about the girl everyone considers insignificant.
Then Aria discovers that her past has been deliberately hidden.
The more she searches for answers, the more dangerous her life becomes. Someone is willing to do anything to keep her true identity a secret, and the people she thought she could trust may be the ones who have been deceiving her all along.
Aria must uncover the truth about who she really is before her enemies find her first.
But when the secret is finally revealed, Aria will discover that she was never as powerless as she believed—and that her true identity could change the fate of the entire kingdom.