When her father’s debt forces Sarah Lovell into a black- market auction, she is desperate. Mafia boss Jaxon Deverioux steps in and claims her as his own, assuring her that he has saved her from a worse fate. Initially fearful, Sarah attempts to escape, but as she adjusts to life under Jaxon's protection, she begins to fall in love with her dangerous yet gentle captor and guardian—until she discovers that he is the very reason her mother is dead.