When my father kidnapped me from my friend’s birthday party, I didn’t expect to wake up in a cage. It took me a week to escape, but I knew I’d be okay as long as he didn’t find me again. Having a hitman on my tail wasn’t something I thought about, and when faced with death or making him an offer he couldn’t refuse, I promised him everything I had as long as he’d help me hide. Little did I know that my suspected ally would turn me into his prisoner, trading my cage for handcuffs and making me fulfill his every demand. And the more time I spent with him, the harder it became to exist without him.

When my brother died, the last person I expected to show up at his funeral was Colton Banks. Fifteen years my senior, my dead brother’s best friend, and the boy I swore I would marry when I was a little girl. One thing led to another after the funeral, and he gave me my first kiss. A week after he left, I found out I was pregnant. But I never got the chance to tell him. Fast-forward five years, my first and only true love shows up out of the blue, shatters my heart in two (again), slaps me, seduces me, and threatens to ruin my life. The former man of my dreams is now a monster. Instead of the little girl he once knew, I’m an exotic dancer. A single mother, and still head over heels for him. Even if I wasn’t, he’s claimed me, and now that he’s back, he’s promised to never let me go.

Dr. Kennedy was as normal as any professor I’d had before. Until he found out my secret. Friday night changed my life, and when I got home, I wished I was dead. Then I realized I wanted revenge. I found out quickly I was wrong about Dr. Kennedy. He’s just as screwed up as I am. Maybe more. Definitely more. I mean, the man agreed to kill my boyfriend, and he’s already planning on who to take out next. All I have to do in exchange is work on his farm and be his perfect little pet in his room that he used to share with his dead wife. His wife who he killed. This is my life now. A former student turned killer whose accomplice is her teacher. Her teacher who has promised to get rid of her enemies and keep her name clear. All I can hope is that I’m lucky enough to make it out of this alive.