Raven Carlosa, a world-famous actress, model, and singer, has been in the spotlight since childhood under the iron grip of her controlling parents, who demand nothing short of perfection. The pressure cripples her one fateful night at a red-carpet event, causing Raven to have a panic attack and flee and seek peace in a diner. There, she encounters Cole Kingstone, a wealthy, powerful, and dangerous mafia boss who, unbeknownst to her, is captivated by her beauty.
Raven lies about her identity, but a bond forms between them. When Raven musters the courage to return home, she faces her father's wrath, crossing a line that makes her realise how far he will go to control her. He begins to force her into doing things against her will. One night, while at an event, she comes face to face with Cole again. He had planned to run into her, finding out that she was not the girl she told him she was in the diner. He doesn't care that she lied to him because he holds his own dark, sickening secrets as well. he wants to know the real Raven, not the Hollywood persona. He wants to know the girl in the diner.
Raven knows that her father would never approve of this, but after he finds out about it, he sees it as a way to take ravens career to the next step, but it backfires on him as he doesn't know just how dangerous Cole is. Raven's father holds his own secrets and will go to any lengths to keep Raven under his control. He sends her away to a rehab facility, making up lies that put her there to keep her away from Cole. Unwilling to lose her, Cole tracks her down and breaks her out of there. As Raven begins to live with Cole, she discovers his true nature and the dangers that come with it, but what she feels for him is strong to strong just to walk away from.