I'm the new girl on a scholarship at Crestmont University. I thought I had enough to deal with just keeping my grades up. But then I stumble into the orbit of The Crowned Syndicate, and suddenly, grades are the least of my worries.

They rule this place like a mafia, and I'm caught in their world now. It's dangerous, it's seductive, and it's a game where the stakes are life and death. They've got plans for me, tying me to them with promises I'm not sure we can keep.

But I'm playing too, because I've got secrets of my own. And I'll need every one of them to survive the year. Welcome to the world of The Crowned Syndicate. It might just ruin me.