Set in glittering yet cruel 1920s Manhattan, gifted chemist Everett Whitlock once doted wholeheartedly on his wife Vivienne, blind to the vicious greed of her powerful oil clan the Vandermeres. The cold-blooded family forces a horrific demand: Vivienne must conceive an heir with her own brother-in-law to secure family assets. To crush Everett’s resistance, they secretly poison him and permanently sterilize him before driving him out of the household into exile. Broken and near death, Everett is rescued by Dr. Oliver Sinclair, a doctor who has secretly loved him his entire life. Decades pass filled with brutal corporate battles and groundbreaking medical achievements built by the two men. Now Everett stands at a crossroads: will he burn down the entire Vandermere empire to avenge his ruined life, or abandon all vengeance to embrace the soft, long-hidden love he once thought he could never deserve?
