"I owe him a debt. A big one. The payment can't be settled with money or favors. He only wants one thing. Me. Every action gets a reward. A button. Once I fill his jar with three hundred and sixty-five buttons, he'll let me go. He'll let me walk away. But I have to earn every single one. By submitting to the darkest, cruelest, and most beautiful man I've ever known."--Cover page [4]

"I'm supposed to return her to Tristan to finish the deal. But now I'm dreading the day when I have to drop her off. Can I really do it? I'm not supposed to care about this woman. I'm not supposed to care about anyone, actually. But I care about Bellissimo."--Back cover.

"Tristan is one of my biggest clients. He always pays on time, and he always keeps his word. But this time, he's short on cash. He needs the shipment now, so be offers me collateral. He loans me his slave, Adeline. Now that Pearl and I are so close, I can't condone this type of exchange. It's wrong. Inhumane. But she wants me, I can tell. And I definitely want her."--Back cover.

"She betrayed me. After everything I did for her. Now I'll have to suffer the consequences of that mistake. But then I'll get the revenge that I deserve."

I see his wicked smile in the theatre. I see it in the apartment across from mine. I see it everywhere. A terrifying man is stalking me-and the authorities do nothing to stop it. Before I can run, he takes me, and I wake up in the forest far from civilization. I haven't been trafficked. I haven't been put in a labor camp. I'm in a cult. The men think they're demons-and they think I'm an angel. I'm trapped with other women-but also a little girl named...