HAMPTON GRACE IS A GIRL WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE SURROUNDED BY LOOMING DARKNESS. SHE’S A SELF-HARMER AND SUICIDE IS A CONSTANT SECOND THOUGHT, THOUGH SHE KNOWS SHE WOULD SCREW IT UP LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE INHER LIFE SO SHE NEVER BOTHERS TRYING. SHE’S A WRITER AND SPENDS HER TIME WRITING SHORT STORIES AND POEMS SHE KNOWS NO ONE WILL EVER SEE. THEN SHE MEETS WALKER, A WELL-TO-DO, YOUNG WHITE COLLAR MOGUL. FROM THE SURFACE HE’S CLASS AND OLD WORLD CHARM PERSONIFIED. UNDERNEATH HE HOLDS HIS OWN DARKNESS BUT THROUGH TIME HE HAS MANAGED TO TURN THAT DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. HE HAS A GIFT FOR FINDING PEOPLE IN PAIN AND A DESIRE TO HELP THEM. BY HAPPENSTANCE, AT A PARTY, HE MEETS HAMPTON AND HE IS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO HER ELOQUENCE AND INNOCENCE. HE SEES FAR BEYOND THE SURFACE AND DECIDES TO SAVE HER FROM HERSELF. THIS BEGINS A WHIRLWIND SERIES OF EVENTS FILLED WITH DARK WIT, DESIRE AND PASSION. WALKER SHOWS HAMPTON A WAY TO WELCOME AND ACCEPT THE DARK SIDE THROUGH TEACHING HER THE ART OF BEING A SUBMISSIVE AND ALLOWING HER PAIN TO FILTER THROUGH TOUCH AND SHOWING HER HOW TO TRUST BLINDLY. THIS SPARKS INTENSITY NEITHER ONE OF THEM EXPECTED AND WALKER FINDS HIMSELF FALLING FOR SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WILL WALKER SAVE HAMPTON FROM THE DEPTHS OF HER DARKNESS OR WILL HE FIND HIMSELF FALLING INTO THE VOID WITH HER?