“You're mine, Ester. Every inch of you… And I'll worship you until my final breath.”

Ester Fairchild's life is shattered after a scandal leaves her reputation in tatters and her family on the brink of collapse. In a moment of despair, she decides to end it all—only to be pulled from the dark waters by the icy Duke Julian…

Duke Julian lives in the shadows. Known as the phantom, he believes his hands are cursed and keeps the world at bay. But when those same hands drag a drowning woman to safety, he feels a fierce need to protect her from the same curse that took his brother…

Trapped in the Dukes castle, Ester finds herself falling for her mysterious host. But as secrets surface and danger looms, she is determined to break through Julian's walls and claim the forbidden passion that binds them… before it slips away forever.