Bête noire (noun, /bātˈnwär/; French for dark beast): a person that one particularly dislikes or detests, someone that causes torment and ruin.
Scarlet: 19, ambitious, smart, stubborn, an independent woman. Her bête noire is Harry.
Harry: 20, dark, mysterious, intriguing, a notorious ladies' man. His bête noire is Scarlet.
Ever since high school, Scarlet Hill and Harry Styles have despised each other more than anything. But one night at a business gala, their intense hatred for one another turns itself into an equally measured passion. So what happens when two enemies get involved in an unlikely, intimate relationship that could leave both of them damaged? Find out about their dark past and how their loathing of one another was once deeply rooted in something else entirely. In this erotic and shocking tale of torment, lust, and hatred, Scarlet and Harry will find themselves wondering how such hatred could turn into what just might be love.