Lucas Hardmore stopped believing in the world the day his father remarried. Haunted by his mother’s death and trapped inside a mansion that no longer feels like home, Lucas retreats into isolation, anger, and silence. But everything begins to change when he becomes entangled with the women orbiting his stepmother’s elite social circle—women who are powerful, accomplished, and dangerously close to crossing lines that should never be crossed. As buried emotions surface and forbidden tension builds, Lucas finds himself at the center of desires he never asked for—and control he never intended to take. In a world ruled by status, loyalty, and temptation, one question remains: how long can restraint survive when desire is no longer one-sided?