Come for the romance. Stay for the revolution.

Despite having risen from poverty to one of the most powerful Banes in the Arden system, Kirin Braser harbors an incendiary rage at the hyper-exploitive, commercially-centric Regency responsible for the deaths of his parents and the murder of his beloved mentor. Intent on overthrowing the brutal economic system that considers the poor merely disposable labor and product, he is forced to hide his rage until he can act. But that control comes at a high price through sexually-charged means that test his physical and mental limits. Love isn’t in the precariously balanced equation.

In an effort to escape her own poverty, Caliria Kenrovic has sold a portion of her life into sexual service. Primed to fulfill the every need of those who can pay handily for her company, love is not part of the bargain. But it comes at her in two directions that threaten to rip her apart – a man from her past and the bane who owns her contract.

And as Kirin hovers on the cusp of executing his daring scheme for a revolution aimed at building a better world, he is thrust into a passion-filled love triangle that tests his commitment to political change while a relentless security enforcer gets ever closer to discovering his secrets and destroying everything.