HER BODY AND BREATH BELONGS TO ME. Persephone Sundance arrived at my estate a commoner with a defiant spirit. I watch the laces of her corset pull tight until she gasps for the very air I allow her to breathe. She is my ward and my most delicious challenge. I will mold her into the perfect submissive or watch us both burn in the fires of scandal. My enemies are everywhere. They want the secrets I hide in the shadows of the Crown. Remington Baldwin thinks he can use her to bring me to the gallows. He is a fool to think I would let him touch what is mine. I have brought Persephone into a game of crowns and treason where one wrong move means death.

The time for games is over. The ledger is exposed and the vultures are closing in.