Elliot Mercer is the one everyone loves: charming, brilliant, and sweet in the small ways that keep his edges hidden.
Ronan Vale has spent years as his stepbrother, living with the possessiveness and obsession that only surface once the door is shut.
He should not want that private Elliot, yet he does.
When a student from Elliot's university disappears, Bellweather starts whispering about what happened to him, and secrets gather around them both.
Protecting Elliot and becoming his accomplice begin to look like the same path, and Ronan still refuses to let him go.
