In the prestigious world of Ember Cove's elite, where wealth and status reign supreme, the scions of the Hastings dynasty are about to discover that the heart has a will of its own. Samantha Hastings has always been the responsible one, dutifully following in the footsteps of her overbearing older brother, Leighton. But when she arrives at the prestigious Ember University, she finds herself drawn to a man who challenges every neatly ordered aspect of her life - her brother's best friend, Colin Emerson. Colin has always been the wild card, the brilliant but brooding billionaire heir who marches to the beat of his drum. As he and Samantha are thrown together by proximity and undeniable attraction, their simmering chemistry threatens to upend the carefully constructed lives they've built. Torn between duty and desire, Samantha must decide if she'll continue playing by her family's rules or risk it all to follow her heart. And Colin, a man unused to wanting anything beyond the next temptation, finds himself longing for a future he never dared to imagine.