1996 is the year when it all began. One man ordered to take everything she cherished. A few others collaborated. Now, fifteen years later, she's out hunting for every one of them. And no one can stop her.

Renee Griffin is gorgeous, loveable, undeniably popular, and has an uncanny ability of getting everything she wants. She is a cunning seductress, a loving daughter, a prima donna, and a cold-blooded murderer. This is not a story for the faint hearted. This is the story of a 21st Century psychopath. "'You've killed,' he breathed. His eyes had grown big, so big that they barely fit his face anymore. He didn't resemble Nathan at all. He was pathetic, and cowardly, and weak. 'I have.' Silence and darkness threatened to crush us both, the sound of his uneven breathing piercing through my eardrums. I didn't bother hiding anything in my demeanour - it was a relief to let the darkness out, to let it slip out of every pore and every cell. He was going to die. His next words were quiet, so quiet, that it could have been drowned out with the faint sound of cheers coming from the stadium. 'You're a monster.'"

Ariane knows that being married to Gerald Barker isn't the easiest or most rewarding role. The business mogul has his flaws but he is all that she knows and the world that he occupies is now her own. When charming and friendly Beau Becker is hired to be their new chauffeur, he helps her discover herself and revive the old Ariane that had burnt in the marital fire. The last thing Beau wanted to do when he moved was to meet a woman like Ariane. Warm, funny and very much married. He tries his hardest to keep a professional relationship between the two but the task is easier said than done. He falls for her despite knowing who she is and knowing that he has a secret that if revealed could end things before they even begin...