After several heartbreaks and disappointments from men who claimed to love her but were only interested in her money, family name, and connections, Zara Prescott decides to do something unthinkable. She leaves her luxurious life in New York behind, moves to Los Angeles, hides her true identity, and takes a job as a cleaner. For once, Zara wants to know what it feels like to be loved by a man who has no idea how much money she has. She believes the plan is simple. Until she meets Justin Briggs. A billionaire CEO with a deep contempt for people who have less than him, Justin believes money rules the world. He is irritated by poor people, judges them by their social status, and has no patience for those he considers beneath him. But Justin refuses to admit that he is a classist. When his three closest friends accuse him of looking down on people because of their financial status, Justin takes it as an insult. Determined to prove them wrong, he accepts a thirty-million-dollar bet to date an ordinary woman and show them that he is perfectly capable of loving someone without wealth or status. Then he chooses Zara. To Justin, dating a cleaner should be nothing more than a game he can easily win. But Zara is unlike anyone he has ever met. The woman he expects to be impressed by his wealth doesn't care about his money. The woman he believes has nothing to offer him begins challenging everything he thinks he knows about people, relationships, and love. And while Justin believes he is simply proving a point, Zara slowly begins to wonder if she has finally found the kind of love she has been searching for. Neither of them knows the truth about the other. And when the secrets behind their relationship finally begin to surface, the game Justin thought he could control may cost him far more than thirty million dollars. EXPOSITION Zara Prescott is a 28-year-old multimillionaire and the CEO of Prescott Holdings, a successful luxury fashion company she built independently despite coming from the wealthy and influential Prescott family. After years of heartbreak and disappointment with men who claimed to love her but were ultimately interested in her money, family name, and connections, Zara becomes determined to discover whether genuine love is possible for her. She leaves her luxurious life in New York and moves to Los Angeles, where she hides her true identity, rents a modest home, and takes a job as a cleaner. She wants to experience an ordinary life and find out whether a man can love her without knowing how much money she has. In Los Angeles, Zara's path crosses with Justin Briggs, a 35-year-old billionaire CEO and owner of Briggs Group, a major real-estate development company. Justin is arrogant, powerful, and deeply concerned with wealth and social status. He believes money rules the world and is easily irritated by people he considers poor or beneath him. Despite his obvious attitude toward people with less money, Justin refuses to admit that he is a classist. Behind his billionaire image, however, Justin is facing a serious crisis. Briggs Group was already heavily indebted when Justin inherited it from his late father. The company is now carrying $400 million in debt, with a $50 million payment urgently due. Justin has managed to keep the financial problems hidden from the public and from his closest friends because he cannot afford to let anyone see the weakness behind his powerful image. Justin's friends—Calvin, Alex, and West—know his arrogance well and frequently accuse him of being a classist. They believe he would never genuinely associate with, much less date, a woman who has no wealth or social status. INCITING INCIDENT An argument between Justin and his three friends escalates into a challenge. They dare Justin to prove that he is not a classist by dating an ordinary woman for two months and showing that he is capable of being with someone who has nothing to offer him financially or socially. The bet begins at a lower amount before eventually rising to $30 million. Justin accepts. His friends believe he is accepting because his pride will not allow him to lose the argument. But Justin has another reason. He desperately needs the money. The $30 million would not solve Briggs Group's entire financial crisis, but it would give Justin a significant amount toward the company's immediate financial obligations. His friends have no idea that Justin is using the bet as an opportunity to obtain money he urgently needs. Justin chooses Zara, the ordinary cleaner he believes will make the perfect candidate. He intends to prove his friends wrong, collect the money, and move on. Zara, however, has no idea that the billionaire who has begun showing interest in her has chosen her as part of a $30 million bet. RISING ACTION Justin begins pursuing Zara. In public, he becomes attentive and charming. He takes her out, buys her gifts, treats her affectionately, and makes their growing relationship appear genuine. In private,

Kaelie Thorne lives in the forgotten Grey City, a dying human settlement built far beyond the borders of the werewolf territory ruled by the feared Iron Claws. A massive boundary… forest and guarded borders separate the human slums from the wolves’ domain, and crossing that line is punishable by death. Kaelie spends her days selling dried roses to survive and caring for her dying grandfather, until desperation forces her to do the unthinkable… cross the forbidden boundary into the wolves’ land to search for a rare blue flower. But the moment she steps into the territory surrounding the towering Obsidian Spire, she witnesses a brutal execution carried out by the ruthless Alpha himself, Alpha Jaxen Vane. When he catches the human trespasser, killing her should be effortless… until his wolf recognizes her scent. Kaelie isn’t just a human. She’s his fated mate. Worse still, her blood carries the ancient scent of the Witch-Queens–the sworn enemies wolves were born to destroy.Instead of tearing her apart, Jaxen takes Kaelie captive inside the Spire, where their dangerous bond begins to awaken something far darker than either of them expected. Strange power begins to stir inside Kaelie, a forbidden force known as the Void–an ancient magic said to devour the souls of wolves and bring the end of their kind.