“Get off my bed.” His eyes open—lazy, amused, dangerous. He sits up slowly, like he owns the air I’m breathing. “Lucian Archer.” My stomach drops. “Archer… as in my mother’s fiancé?” He tilts his head, a half-smile cutting sharper than a knife. “Looks like you’re stuck with me, Violet. Your stepbrother.” ********* Violet hated her mother for switching husbands whenever it suited her. Bitter, she drags her bags from one mansion to another—until the newest “fresh start” comes with a familiar face and a terrifying truth. Her mother’s fiancé has a son… and it’s Lucian Archer, the school’s most handsome, most popular boy. When he introduces himself as her stepbrother, Violet realizes she’s trapped under the same roof with the one boy she should never want—and the one boy who refuses to keep his distance. Lucian never goes back. Until Violet. Now he keeps circling her space, testing her boundaries—while rumors and anonymous posts threaten to turn one mistake into a scandal that could destroy them both. BOOK 1