Five years ago, defense attorney Margaux Dubois was an insecure assistant DA, desperate to prove herself. When she put away a smug con artist named Elijah Vance, it was the case that made her career—and the one he'll never forgive her for.

Elijah has now escaped from prison, and he has one target: Margaux. He's spent years studying her, learning her habits, her fears, and her life, all while a simmering rage has consumed him. He's not just seeking freedom; he's seeking a twisted kind of justice, and he's going to make her pay.

Margaux is forced to turn to the one man she can't stand, Detective Dante Corrado. A cocky, infuriatingly handsome cop, Dante is everything Margaux isn't—and the man whose shoddy police work once allowed a killer to walk free, a mistake that still haunts her.

As Eli's plan unfolds, a web of revenge, lies, and buried secrets tightens around them all. Margaux and Dante must overcome their mutual dislike and work together to stop a man who is always one step ahead. But when Margaux uncovers the truth about Dante's past, she realizes the price of submission might be more than she ever imagined—and that the man hunting her may not be the most dangerous one of all.