To the high society of Blackwood Manor, illegitimate son Alex appears to be a helpless invalid confined to a wheelchair. In truth, he is a calculating mastermind plotting bloody vengeance for his mother's murder. Desperate for medical funds to treat her sick brother, Serena accepts a clandestine assignment to seduce Alex and sabotage his arranged marriage, completely unaware that Alex himself orchestrated her hiring.
Trapped in his luxurious web of deception, Serena agrees to act as his masked companion, surviving venomous stepmothers and corporate saboteurs. As false intimacy dissolves into dangerously possessive obsession, Serena realizes that the vulnerable cripple she was hired to manipulate has already made her the centerpiece of his deadly empire.
