To save her younger sister, Adessa Scott agrees to the impossible, pretend to be Adessa Michaelson, the missing daughter of one of the most feared mafia families, and take her place at Ridgeview College.A school built for the children of kings, politicians… and criminals.Where loyalty is bought with blood.Where betrayal is rewarded with death.And where the campus is ruled by the Shadow Lords.Knox. Crew. Zane.The ruthless heirs of three powerful mafia empires.They despise the girl they’ve been ordered to protect.She fears the monsters she’s forced to deceive.As rival families wage war and a dangerous secret threatens to expose her true identity, Adessa realizes surviving Ridgeview means playing a deadly game where trust is a weakness, love is a liability, and one wrong move could get her killed.