When my best friend is murdered, my name is the only one on the list of suspects.

After I'm cleared of the crime, her brother, Benedict, puts a target on my back, refusing to believe I didn't kill her.

His torment is brutal and unable to bear the judgement any longer, I leave town, intending to start a new life.

Ruston University is meant to be my sanctuary, a place far from my past where I can reinvent myself, but it becomes my prison when Benedict follows me there.

He and his friends make my life hell around campus, telling everyone that I am a killer.

Unable to defend myself from his savage slander of me, I realize the only way to fix my broken life is to find out who killed Addison and clear my name.

But Benedict, Kaspar, and Felix are convinced of my guilt, and they plan on making me pay for Addison's death.

As I piece together my best friend's final weeks, I discover the secret life she was leading and how little I knew about her.

Pulling those threads gets me closer to the truth, but it also leads down a dangerous path that could see me buried next to Addison.

Scared, I have no choice but to get help from the very people who want to ruin me?the Kings of Ruston University.

This is a why choose romance with dark themes and triggering content.