Content warning : some part may be triggering Cora has spent her life running. From the orphanage that broke her, from the memories that haunt her, and from the cold, hard reality of being alone. She survives by being invisible, by never looking too closely at the darkness that lurks at the edges of her world.But then she sees something she shouldn’t In an instant, her life of shadows is shattered. She’s violently abducted, dragged into his world of ancient secrets where she is nothing more than his pawn.He locks her away in his lavish estateHe’s cruel, controlling, and the source of a terrifying, unwanted attraction that makes her body betray her at every turn. Cora knows she should hate him, should fear the monster who holds her captive. Yet, a dark part of her craves the danger he represents.Forced to navigate his world, Cora begins to uncover a power within herself—a power that makes her not just a pawn in his game, but the key to winning it.She thought she was running from her past. She's about to discover she was running from her destiny all along.

When Katherine's mother marries into the Ashford family, Katherine gets more than a new house and a rich stepdad.She gets DamienShe gets ElijahShe gets SebastianThree stepbrothers. Triplets. All of them off-limits.All of them obsessed.Katherine knows she should keep her head down. Graduate. Get out.But the Ashford brothers don't let things go. And once they decide she's theirs, running isn't an option.