They say every Thorne heir is cursed to destroy what he loves.But Caspian Thorne doesn't love me.He collects me.Drowning in debt and haunted by the ghosts of her abandoned artistic ambitions, Elara Vance accepts a cryptic, lucrative position at the remote gothic manor known simply as Evermere. It promises sanctuary: a year of isolation, generous pay and freedom from the mounting troubles threatening to swallow her life.But Evermere guards secrets darker than its shadowed halls and its master, the enigmatic billionaire Caspian Thorne, is a man consumed by a past that refuses to stay buried. His gaze, intense as a starless midnight; settles on her like she's something he lost... and finally found again.Because Elara isn't just another employee.She's a resemblance.A memory.A ghost wearing living skin.And the longer she stays within Evermere's suffocating opulence, Elara finds herself entangled in Caspian's dangerous fascination and the manor's chilling history.He needs her.He wants her.He claims her. As she uncovers a legacy of madness, forbidden love and tragic fates, she must fight an attraction that defies logic and survival alike.Every shadow carries a warning.Every glance burns with dangerous promise.And every passing night pulls her deeper into the beautiful nightmare that is Caspian Thorne.Because at Evermere, nothing is truly given.Everything is claimed.Including her.Can she escape Evermere's gilded cage before Caspian's all-consuming obsession becomes her eternal sentence?Or will she surrender to a love as dark and irresistible as midnight itself?