Elise Hawthorne’s desperate desire for a family leads her into a dangerous pact with her husband, Harry, a charming architect with a sinister secret. Trading her high-powered career for submission, Elise embarks on a steamy, suspense-filled move from Boston to the countryside, where Harry’s dark desires are unmasked. Each encounter—raw, intense, and involving a stranger—pushes Elise’s boundaries, blurring the line between pleasure and dread. Elise’s submission becomes a perilous game, her body and soul at stake. “You’re mine, Elise,” Harry growls, his voice a velvet whip, “my wife, my whore, my everything.”