Tired of relentless campus ridicule, Thistle throws caution away on Christmas Eve and spends one reckless night with Rhett Langley, the untouchable heir to an underworld empire. She expects whispers and cruel gossip on Monday morning, but nothing prepares her for the horrifying surprise awaiting her at the family breakfast table.
Her mother announces an immediate engagement to Rhett's powerful father, thrusting Thistle under the same opulent roof as her brooding midnight lover. As vicious classmates circle like vultures and family dinners become psychological battlegrounds, Thistle must hide the scandalous truth before an illicit craving destroys two intertwined households.
