In this dangerous and sexy novel from the New York Times bestselling author of I'll Find You in the Dark, a straight-laced college student meets a handsome but mysterious stranger who lures her onto the stage of an underground club, where she finds it hard to resist temptation. Aubrey Duncan accepts loss. She knows what rock bottom is like, so she's determined to climb back to the top after the sudden death of her little sister. She blames herself for her involvement in the tragedy. The girl is convinced that she could do something to help her. Seeking redemption, Aubrey enrolls at Longwood University and joins an addiction support group, hoping she can help someone the way she failed her sister. But what she didn't expect was that she would develop an all-consuming infatuation with a member of the group named Max Demelo - a beautiful, blond, blue-eyed enigma hiding dark secrets behind a carefully constructed mask. He only shows what he wants others to see. But Aubrey manages to catch glimpses of another Max hiding behind the mask - a Max who is drowning in his own hell. As the attraction between Aubrey and Max becomes too intense to ignore, he lures her onto the stage of a dark, underground city club, where she is torn between the desire to save him and the inexplicable urge to join him in his downward spiral. But the worst thing is that she begins to fall in love with everything she should stay away from - a man who threatens to light a fire inside her that could burn her alive...