“Call me when there’s a corpse...” That was all Desmond said when Aurora—his wife of three secret, loveless years—was kidnapped. She loved him once. She loved him enough to marry him in silence, enough to trade her freedom to save her dying grandmother, but after that call, something inside her broke. Red Bridgerton was the man she ran to. The city's most feared man had chased her for seven years and waited extra three years for Aurora to finally see the truth. When she asked for his help, he didn’t hesitate. “You want out?” he said. “Fine! But once I get you out… you’re mine, and I don’t share.” What started as a desperate deal becomes an obsession. What was once heartbreak becomes war. When the truth about Aurora’s bloodline unearths a betrayal buried since birth, Desmond wants her back. But Red? He’ll burn the world for her. Even if she was never his to begin with.