Vesper needs money fast, and the only man in the city who can produce that kind of money is Raymond, the boss of Hell's Gang. She takes the contract he offers — lover, kept, whatever the paperwork calls it — because her father's life depends on the number at the bottom.
What Vesper doesn't know is that Raymond has been watching her for years, and the contract is less a business arrangement than a cage he built to her measurements. As the money and the feelings tangle, she has to figure out whether she's a pawn in his game or the one thing he was never willing to lose.
