Eighteen months in the desolate Scottish Highlands had forged Cassie Wallace into a survivor. A fiercely independent investigative journalist betrayed by the powerful, she chose the brutal freedom of the wild over a world that tried to break her. But when a winter storm leaves her at death’s door, she is found by a man who represents everything she fled: power, wealth, and an unshakable, controlling will.

Stuart Hart, the reclusive laird of the magnificent Stonehaven House, offers her a gilded cage of warmth and luxury. The price? Absolute submission. He didn't just save her life; he claimed it. He sees her resilience not as a virtue to be admired, but as a flaw to be corrected. He calls his methods "education," his obsession "artistry." He intends to strip away the thorns of her wild spirit and sculpt a creature of perfect, obedient grace.

As Cassie is forced to endure his relentless psychological and physical training, the lines between discipline and desire blur. She discovers that the most dangerous battle isn't against the man who holds her captive, but against her own body's conditioned responses and the chilling, seductive logic of his control. To find grace, must she lose herself completely?

A dark psychological romance for readers who crave intense character dynamics and are not afraid of the shadows. Intended for mature audiences.