Delightfully collapsing into a refined taste of devout sentiment allows heiress Alexandria Van Sassen to explore her affections in her newfound yet reliable confidant. Her first year attending Columbia keeps her comfortably entrenched in her home cityscape by the absolute determination of entanglement with one of the world's deadliest gangsters. Her captivation of Tomas Dmitri, whose father is the head of one of many Russian Mafia families, is nothing short of expected and discreetly anticipated. Their whirlwind romance must show respect when in the same vicinity of the macabre obscurity lurking within the trusted walls of her very own heart. Treachery prevails, inciting a defensive instinct that will guide her through the unknowingly precarious position she holds between her grandfather and her love. Actions taken by those before her will lay the groundwork for the difficult path she has to take to secure her own birthright, awakening an innate magic sustained with her reverence of complete loyalty toward protecting her family. Many marionettes play the stages of growth she endures on her pilgrimage to becoming the world's most important CEO. Her immediate succession was decided at sixteen, when the cogs of a greater machine began to spin round and round. She learns to balance the interests of the Firm, ensuring its undying success while toying with the beasts of her true love's world, breaking the illusionary glass amid the provocation of an old demon who is unwilling to let go of his stronghold. A world divided into politicians and gangsters can tremulously dictate the balance of power in a matter of seconds. Her new role keeps her on the world stage, while removing the mask tests her quick wit and Tomas's endearing devotion for nothing less than her happiness. Become involved in the blissful love that is tangled within the reach of a heart-wrenching violence.