‘Fifty Shades of Grey meets The Glory in a seductive, dangerous tale of obsession, power, and deadly desire.’
From the Queen of International Mystery and Reader’s Digest bestselling author, Rima Ray, comes a seductive and haunting psychological mystery thriller set in the powerful world of Korea’s chaebol elite and Tokyo’s shadowy entertainment industry.
Minjae Chae was born to rule. Heir to the Chae Group, one of Korea’s most powerful conglomerates, he moves through life with precision and control—until the day he meets Rose, a woman as mesmerizing as she is mysterious. She appears from nowhere, igniting an obsession that quietly dismantles everything Minjae thought he knew about desire.
Then the bodies begin to appear.
Each one—posed like a work of art—a twisted masterpiece.
Someone is targeting Korea’s most powerful and privileged—the heirs of the chaebols.
Detective Hana Yoon investigates a case that defies logic, each meticulously staged scene pulling her deeper into the hidden world of Korea’s elite—even as she navigates her blossoming relationship with Dr. Taejoon Park, former idol turned professor at one of Korea’s top universities.
As Hana closes in, Minjae realizes Rose may not be who she claims. Her secrets reach across the sea to the glittering heart of Tokyo’s nightlife, where Lex reigns—the charismatic King of the Host Clubs. Powerful, handsome, and dangerous, he’s bound by a past that may hold the key to a conspiracy stretching from Seoul’s boardrooms to Japan’s red-light districts.
Caught between a detective who suspects him and a woman who may be using him, Minjae must uncover the truth before the killer targets someone from his own family.
And as secrets surface and masks fall away, he finds himself drawn into a deadly game of seduction and control—torn between desire and vengeance, power and surrender, love and betrayal.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
From the Queen of International Mystery and Reader’s Digest bestselling author, Rima Ray, comes a seductive and haunting psychological mystery thriller set in the powerful world of Korea’s chaebol elite and Tokyo’s shadowy entertainment industry.
Minjae Chae was born to rule. Heir to the Chae Group, one of Korea’s most powerful conglomerates, he moves through life with precision and control—until the day he meets Rose, a woman as mesmerizing as she is mysterious. She appears from nowhere, igniting an obsession that quietly dismantles everything Minjae thought he knew about desire.
Then the bodies begin to appear.
Each one—posed like a work of art—a twisted masterpiece.
Someone is targeting Korea’s most powerful and privileged—the heirs of the chaebols.
Detective Hana Yoon investigates a case that defies logic, each meticulously staged scene pulling her deeper into the hidden world of Korea’s elite—even as she navigates her blossoming relationship with Dr. Taejoon Park, former idol turned professor at one of Korea’s top universities.
As Hana closes in, Minjae realizes Rose may not be who she claims. Her secrets reach across the sea to the glittering heart of Tokyo’s nightlife, where Lex reigns—the charismatic King of the Host Clubs. Powerful, handsome, and dangerous, he’s bound by a past that may hold the key to a conspiracy stretching from Seoul’s boardrooms to Japan’s red-light districts.
Caught between a detective who suspects him and a woman who may be using him, Minjae must uncover the truth before the killer targets someone from his own family.
And as secrets surface and masks fall away, he finds himself drawn into a deadly game of seduction and control—torn between desire and vengeance, power and surrender, love and betrayal.
Genre: Romantic Suspense