Topic: At the Mercy of the BillionaireGenre: Billionaire RomanceTrope: Forced Proximity, Enemies-to-Lovers, Redemption ArcLOVE vs POWER BETRAYAL HEALING FROM THE PAST OVERCOMING WEAKNESSSetting: A private island with high-end amenities and a corporate world that features the latest trends and a dark past that connects both leadsCharacterizationFemale LeadName: Emily CarterAge: 23Occupation: Uber driver and aspiring fashion designerPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:Small, long wavy brown hair, meek hazel eyes, fragile but with a quiet fire inside herCharacter: Big heart, torn between light and darkness, intelligent and kind but reluctant to use their powers, emotionally wounded but willing to overcome them, starts off weak/timid but grows throughout the story.Male LeadName: Alexander “Xander” KnightAge: 32Occupation: Billionaire President of Knight EnterprisesAbout Me: Tall and broad shoulders with a sharp jawline with dark piercing blue eyes to resemble someone intimidatingNature: Cold, ruthless, obsessed and possessive, a non-believer of love, but secretly haunted by his past.Side LeadName: Lucas ReidAge: 30Occupation: Xander’s childhood friend and business partner, but soon becomes a threatAppearance: Lanky but muscular, green eyes, likable and manipulativeAge: 29Personality: Can seem nice, but hides dark secrets, very manipulative, and revenge-drivenPlotExpositionEmily is a struggling city dweller who works multiple jobs while fantasizing about becoming a fashion designer. One night she unknowingly collides with Xander Knight, the icy and merciless billionaire who thinks everyone can be bought. Their initial encounter is adversarial. This is when she unintentionally pours coffee all over him at a fancy restaurant where she has a job.Inciting IncidentEmily’s mother, ill and deep in debt, runs afoul of loan sharks. With no other option, Emily allows herself to be blackmailed or rejected. Basically, Xander makes her an offer. Either she stays with him and becomes his personal assistant for six months, doing whatever he wants her to do for him, or she loses it all.Rising Action (Must-Have Plot Twist)Emily moves into Xander’s penthouse and is exposed to a life of luxury, but at a price she is entirely at his mercy.Xander is unkind at first, pushing her buttons, but becomes slowly possessive, unsure why he’s drawn to this girl.Plot twist: Xander actually knows Emily’s father, a man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances years ago. He could be the cause of her family’s ruin.Lucas comes in as the handsome friend, kind of looking out for Emily, but he has ulterior motives.Emily attempts to get away, but Xander stops her, showing she is his now.Climax (Must-Have Plot Twist)The truth, Emily discovers: Xander had been investigating her father for years, convinced he had betrayed his family.Xander reveals that he didn’t just keep Emily close because he wanted her — he needed to learn the truth about her father.And then Lucas pulls the old switcheroo: He was the real enemy all along. He planned it all for revenge on Xander, using Emily to play him.When Lucas kidnaps Emily, there's only one thing that Xander can do: face his feelings and run to her rescue.DenouementXander saves Emily, but she doesn’t immediately forgive him. She goes, releasing herself from her own history.Months later, Emily comes back not sickly and needy, but powerful and self-sufficient. She’s not the girl Xander had control over anymore.For the first time, Xander understands he has to fight for her, not possess her. The ending sees him releasing her, but she decides to stay with him.BlurbEmily Carter never expected a coffee spill involving a billionaire would change her life forever. But bound to her contract with the merciless Xander Knight, she is catapulted into a world of power plays, deception, and dangerous desire.(In him: possessive, no-nonsense, always the one in charge.) She is delicate, fighting to break free from the bonds of her past. But as secrets untangle and betrayals run deep, Emily becomes the fulcrum of a storm that threatens to obliterate them both.Is Xander her captor or her rescuer? And when the truth comes out, will love be enough to fix what was broken?