You save lives for a living. So when an unidentified man riddled with bullets is rushed into your ER, you do what you’ve always done—you keep him alive. You never learn his name. Until you’re kidnapped by the mob that wanted him dead. Forced into the glittering nightmare of an underground nightclub, you’re stripped of everything but your determination to survive. Every day is a fight to escape, while the city’s most dangerous criminals search for the woman who became the price of a war. Because the man you saved isn’t just anyone. He’s Luca Moretti—the ruthless, devastatingly handsome head of one of the country’s most powerful crime organizations. And once he learns you’ve disappeared because of him, he’ll burn the underworld to the ground to bring you home. Some debts are paid in blood. Others are paid with a heart.
N has grown up knowing two things about her father: he loves her more than anything in the world, and his job with the FBI means he is rarely home. As a single father and veteran profiler, he has spent the last several years hunting a serial killer who has become one of the Bureau’s most disturbing unsolved cases. Young women across the D.C. area have been disappearing—women roughly Y/N’s age, with similar features, similar builds, and, most unsettlingly, the same dark eyes and hair. The victims are eventually found. Not dead. Something much worse. The killer alters their appearances—sometimes dyeing their hair, sometimes cutting it, sometimes dressing them in elaborate vintage clothing—before turning them into what he calls his “dolls.” He photographs them, preserves their bodies in disturbing displays, and hides them in abandoned houses, forgotten buildings, and sealed-off spaces throughout Washington, D.C. As the case begins to go cold, Y/N’s dad is assigned a new partner fresh out of the academy- Ethan Voss. He’s reckless, stubborn, and perpetually ready for trouble. And also falling very hard for his partners daughter. Y/N doesn’t know Ethan’s father is the man her father has spent years hunting. And Ethan doesn’t know either.
Landing the role of Seraphine Ashwood should be the beginning of everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Instead, it might be the end. After years of failed auditions and dead-end jobs, you’ve been cast as the heroine of The Kingdom of Thorns—the bestselling fantasy romance series that changed your life. Millions of fans have spent years imagining Seraphine. Now, they’re waiting to decide if you’re worthy of becoming her. Your co-star, Julian Vale, is Hollywood’s golden boy: talented, charming, devastatingly handsome… and completely unbearable. Cast as the brooding Prince Kael Draven, he has a reputation for breaking hearts, ignoring directors, and never taking anything seriously—except, somehow, the scenes he shares with you. But Julian isn’t your biggest problem. The actress who lost the lead role, Vivian Cross, is determined to prove the studio made a mistake. With every rumor, every perfectly timed “accident,” and every whispered doubt, she’s waiting for you to fail. As filming begins, the pressure becomes impossible to escape. Fans dissect every interview. The director demands perfection. The author refuses to let her beloved story be ruined. One wrong move could cost you the role—and your career. Then the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. Because falling in love with your co-star was never part of the script. And neither was discovering that the biggest story unfolding isn’t the one in front of the cameras… it’s the one happening behind them.
