On her eighteenth birthday, Adeline Oremen’s millionaire father demanded repayment for her ideal childhood in the worst of ways. Four years later, when the opportunity to escape shows up, it’s impossible to resist.

Faced with her first taste of freedom, Adeline finds protection in a tiny town called Menforth. Protected by her childhood best friend, an emotionally intelligent lumberjack, and an eccentric old woman armed with an army of cats, Adeline has never felt safer.

To Lucas Oremen, it’s all game — to Adeline, it’s a matter of life and death. Will she finally be able to live a life of love or will her father get his way once again?