Fifty dollars. That’s all that stands between Izabelle Evergreene and the streets. But when a brutal bar fight forces her to try and defend herself, she catches the eye of the city's most dangerous predator and walks straight into a trap she never saw coming.

Xaelis Bane is a monster wrapped in a tailored coat, a ruthless syndicate prince nursing a dark rage. On the hunt for a high-stakes asset carrying a devastating secret, his entire investigation pivots the moment he spots Izabelle. She doesn't know she’s being used as the ultimate bait, or that her quiet, complicated life is about to be incinerated.

Xaelis pulls Izabelle straight into his dark, seductive orbit. He’s the shadow she can't escape, the stalker watching her from the neon-drenched corners of the city, waiting for her to break.

But as a suffocating, high-tension attraction ignites between them, the lines between the hunter and the protector begin to bleed. In a lethal game dripping with anticipation, steamy banter, and dangerous secrets, Izabelle must decide if the man who rescued her is her savior- or if she’s just become his favorite sin.