Seraphina Chapman has the perfect life among Manchester’s healthcare elite: an influential husband, two children, and an impeccable reputation.
Yet beneath that polished surface lies a secret that has been consuming her for years behind closed doors: Nerissa Ashcombe.
Nerissa is brilliant, impulsive, and the one loose end Seraphina has never been able to control.
After six months of separation that were supposed to be final, a chance encounter reignites a dynamic as addictive as it is destructive.
Falling in love again is inevitable; the problem is that the rules of the game have changed.
While Seraphina struggles desperately to protect her family and keep up appearances, Nerissa has grown tired of discreet hotels and stolen moments.
In a world where appearances are everything, a clandestine romance can no longer survive indefinitely.
And this time, the price of the truth will destroy more than just a marriage… because when social status begins to suffocate them, loving the “wrong” person is no longer a private pact.
