They say love is patient. Obsession is not.Twenty-three-year-old Mia Jones is barely surviving. Haunted by her father’s mysterious death and hiding a dangerous cocaine addiction, she’s just trying to make it through her shifts at a Chicago bar. Then her boyfriend abandons her, and a devastating night leads her straight into the path of Dylan Wells.Dylan is wealthy, politically connected, and dangerously charming. He feels like the ultimate safe space—until she realizes he knows her secrets before she even tells him. But Dylan’s dark devotion is the least of her problems.His obsession sparks a venomous jealousy in Mia’s best friend, Nina. Desperate for power and tired of living in Mia's shadow, Nina makes a deal with the devil: Charlene Roddy, Mia’s ruthless uncle who has been hunting her family for years. Charlene promises Nina the world, but only if she helps him destroy Mia.Framed for drug possession, Mia is shipped off to rehab. When she returns five months later, she is no longer the sweet girl she used to be. She learns her mother was almost murdered, and the world believes Maya is dead. But Mia and Dylan are hiding a massive secret: Maya is alive, and her "death" is a trap to take Charlene down.As Mia unravels a web of poisoned drinks, political corruption, and deep betrayal, she realizes Nina isn't just a pawn—she's a liability. When the conspiracy collapses, Mia has to choose between justice and bloody revenge. But the final confrontation will leave a body on the floor, a family shattered, and Mia staring at the monster she has become.In a city where money buys silence, Mia must decide if she can survive Dylan’s obsession—and the monster revenge has made of her. Because sometimes, the most dangerous person in your life isn't the one who wants you dead. It's the one who loves you enough to burn the world down.OBSESSION: Some loves save you. Others teach you how to destroy.