
"She was the collateral. He was the debt collector who wanted more than just money."
Seraphina Beaumont is used to the scent of old money and cigar smoke, but she never expected her father to gamble away her freedom. When the mysterious and predatory Elias Thorne arrives to collect a debt that cannot be paid in gold, Seraphina finds herself signed over as collateral.
Elias is a man carved from granite and sin—a "fallen god" who rules with controlled power. For one month, Seraphina must live at his estate as his "companion." She tells herself she’s doing it to save her father’s reputation, but every time Elias touches her, she feels a terrifying, addictive heat that threatens to consume her.
In a world where secrets are currency and passion is a weapon, Seraphina must decide: is she a prisoner of the debt or a captive of her own desire?