Pearl owes a debt that can’t be settled with money or favors—only by submitting to the darkest, cruelest, and most beautiful man she’s ever known. Every act earns her a button, and only once she fills his jar with 365 buttons will he grant her freedom.
Pearl is trapped in a twisted bargain where every moment of tenderness from her captor, Crow, must be “purchased” with the buttons she’s spent so long earning. But as she falls deeper into his dangerous hold, the currency of affection becomes a test of power, desire, and how far one will go to be free.
Pearl thought freedom meant leaving Crow behind, but when she returns to New York to reclaim her life, a mysterious pile of buttons on her counter forces her to confront a past she thought she’d escaped. Now Crow wants her back—on his terms—but Pearl won’t be swayed by tokens; she demands love, commitment, and a future as much as she fears being drawn back into his world.
