When college-bound Audrey Thatcher gets to know handsome older man Nicholas Parker, she discovers a secret that is intriguing, addicting, and terrifying. The naive, innocent Audrey confronts her attraction for Mr. Parker, as well as her interest in a much darker secret life he maintains with his wife. With the help of her best frenemy, Ross, Audrey plunges into an intoxicating mystery of sexual exploration, perversity, and danger.
Shocked and yet unable to turn back, Audrey becomes ensnared by Mr. Parker, and his alter ego, the Black Dove. She is drawn into a secret society that turns her into a plaything for the desires of influential men and women. She is tormented by one perverse discovery after another, even as Mr. Parker's influence over her grows and threatens to upend Audrey's entire life. Can Audrey uncover the truth and save herself from a mind-bending world where everyone seems bad and every step seems wrong?