Evelyn Hartwell creates beautiful dresses for a living, but she somehow always finds herself in the ugliest corners of Brickhaven. Smoke-filled speakeasies. Alleyways with blood on the walls. All because she can't stop sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's soft-hearted, naive, and impulsive. And in a city ruled by two rival crime families, these can get a girl killed. Her Aunt Clara tries to keep her safe, hidden, quiet. But Evelyn has never been good at keeping her head down. One reckless act of kindness goes terribly wrong and shatters everything she thought she knew. A gun is raised. A name from a past she never knew is spoken. And the life she knew goes up in smoke. Her aunt is lying. Her past is wrong. And two powerful families suddenly want her under their protection...or control. Evelyn finds herself pulled into the gilded, dangerous world of the Crowe family. They say she's safest with them, but Evelyn is done being caged. And the Crowes make it impossible to breathe. Dominic - warm smile, passionate devotion, a seductive kind of danger that feels like falling. Sebastian - cold eyes, steady hands, a quiet command that crawls beneath her skin. Both hiding things. Both watching her. Both wanting to keep her in their grasp for reasons she can't decipher. Caught between warring families, two men who could ruin her, and a past she never knew she inherited, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to give up: freedom, heart, or life.

"𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒚𝒐𝒖." Anaya Mishra has everything going for her: the looks, the money, the education, the perfect life, according to many. What more could she ask for? Her mother, a well renowned designer in the world of fashion, with her fusion of South Asian and Western culture making its splash in markets, and her father a leading entrepreneur in the tech industry, determined to make tech accessible for all. They're good people and more importantly good parents. Now all she has to do is meet her their expectations. Can't be that hard, right? Well, given that her older brother has far surpassed any expectations they had for him, all she has to do is surpass those. Abba expects university, Ammi expects ballet - but that's the last thing Anaya wants to think about. Ballet's ruined her, quietly. It's eroded from a passion, to a reminder of her naivety, her stupidity. Her brother tells her to do what she wants, what she likes, but what she likes - music, writing - isn't acceptable in their world. And then there's Wylan Colbert, the exact antithesis of Anaya in every way. A world away from Anaya's carefully curated life. He has the looks (he's been told), sure, and the education since Lindenhurst gave him the scholarship. But that's where the similarities end. He doesn't have time for frivolities like she does. Hobbies are a no, friends are a no, relationships an even bigger no. He has far bigger things to be concerned about - i.e: protecting his younger siblings from their father's vicious beatings. All he wants is some sleep at the end of his days. So, do sparks fly when their worlds collide?