In the sultry, blood-thick air of Charleston, South Carolina-where secrets are served neat and betrayal tastes like molasses-power isn't taken. It's seduced.Kaeslin Faye is the kind of woman men pray for, but none survive. A Native American and Cuban heiress with a PhD in marine biology and a surgical hand in elite anesthetics, Kaeslin doesn't just dominate industries-she owns the coastline. From handcrafted luxury yachts to underground billionaire wellness deals, she moves in silence...until silence becomes a weapon turned against her.Enter Aston Chai: reformed hood royalty with street venom still in his veins and suit-stitched scars from sins he's never confessed. Now a multimillionaire thanks to his wine-and-smoke empire, Aston is the South's most whispered-about threat-too rich, too reckless, and too ruthless to be dismissed. But when his name ends up on Kaeslin's blacklist and her lips in his dreams, the game turns volatile.They meet at a moonlit gala-where money flows like secrets and saints drink with sinners-and what should've been business becomes obsession. Their chemistry is instant. Their past? Bloodstained. And their futures? Intertwined in ways that could either set them free or damn them both.Because in this world, lies are currency. Love is dangerous. And loyalty? That sh*t's extinct.One is hiding a betrayal that could break the South's most powerful family. The other is guarding a secret worth killing for. But the deeper Kaeslin and Aston go, the more blurred the lines become between who's lying, who's sinning, and who's just playing the devil with a rosary in hand.Not everyone makes it out clean.And happily ever after?That's just another Southern lie.