Her life was a lie. Her past is a murder. Her future is a mystery.
On her 18th birthday, Elara learns a devastating secret: her small-town life was a carefully constructed fiction. She was found as an infant outside a sprawling city building, and her birth parents, she's told, must be part of the city's powerful elite.
Following the only clue she has, Elara enrolls in an exclusive university, a school for the one percent. But when she arrives, she discovers her past is much darker than she ever imagined. Her mother didn't abandon her-she was murdered.
Elara quickly catches the attention of the school's social royalty, Chloe and Blair, who are the daughters of her mother's friends. While the two girls, who rule the campus with an iron fist, seem to delight in her misery, Chloe's twin brother, Arron, secretly protecting her.
With the killer still out there and surrounded by people who may be hiding a terrible secret, Elara must solve the crime that's haunted her family for years, or risk becoming the next victim.
Rosella Thorn made the mistake of trusting Sean Baker. She thought he loved her. But he became controlling and just plain creepy. She broke up with him to protect herself, but that was a mistake too.
Now Sean is after her and her brother Axel gets caught in the crosshairs being put into the hospital.
Rosella meets police detective Jared Davidson he immediately puts his life on the line to keep her safe.
Will Jared be able to keep them safe?
Will Sean be stopped before killing a bunch of people?
Will Axel be okay?
Will Jared's protection become something more?
Will Rosella be able to live with her past?