A dark college secret society romance with a possessive hero, forced proximity, old-money power, forbidden desire, and gothic family secrets.
Wren Calloway came to Valmont to earn her future.
Instead, she gets pulled into the orbit of Ronan Vane — a powerful heir with a dangerous reputation and a claim over her that changes everything.
After a private disciplinary hearing turns into a public ritual of protection, Wren is thrust into Valmont’s hidden world of elite donors, secret society politics, forbidden attraction, and family records that should have stayed buried. Ronan says he’s protecting her. Wren knows better than to trust a man who wears control like a second skin.
But the deeper she falls into his world, the more she discovers that her name was already known long before the hearing. Her family history was already being watched. And Ronan’s interest in her may have started well before she ever realized she was in danger.
Now Wren must navigate a university built on power, possession, and old-money secrets while resisting a man who makes obsession feel dangerously close to safety.
Perfect for readers who love:
dark academia romance, secret society romance, possessive antihero, forced proximity, touch-her-and-die energy, morally gray hero, old-money college setting, forbidden romance, and high-heat tension.
Genre: New Adult Romance
Wren Calloway came to Valmont to earn her future.
Instead, she gets pulled into the orbit of Ronan Vane — a powerful heir with a dangerous reputation and a claim over her that changes everything.
After a private disciplinary hearing turns into a public ritual of protection, Wren is thrust into Valmont’s hidden world of elite donors, secret society politics, forbidden attraction, and family records that should have stayed buried. Ronan says he’s protecting her. Wren knows better than to trust a man who wears control like a second skin.
But the deeper she falls into his world, the more she discovers that her name was already known long before the hearing. Her family history was already being watched. And Ronan’s interest in her may have started well before she ever realized she was in danger.
Now Wren must navigate a university built on power, possession, and old-money secrets while resisting a man who makes obsession feel dangerously close to safety.
Perfect for readers who love:
dark academia romance, secret society romance, possessive antihero, forced proximity, touch-her-and-die energy, morally gray hero, old-money college setting, forbidden romance, and high-heat tension.
Genre: New Adult Romance
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