Agendas collide as lies are exposed in Cortem… Reeling from the loss of her beloved Maverick, Roanna agrees to an engagement to Peter, the ruthless head of Cortem's Enforcers, so she can search his seven estates for her missing mother. For her ruse to succeed, she requires the aid of both Miguel, head of the treasonous Reckoners, and Maverick's Gifted friends: the calculating Vittoria, invisible Aurora, supernaturally strong Wolf, and emotionally manipulative Galen. But Roanna's allies have a different agenda than her: to dismantle Cortem's cruel caste system, which requires all citizens to wear the color of their primary sin, and rehabilitates – lobotomizes - any who won't conform. The system invented and controlled by Roanna's family. As dark secrets come to light regarding the fate of the rehabilitated, Roanna and her twin Nyx find themselves dealing with a kidnapping and murder, unjust imprisonment and devastating heartbreak, as they seek to uncover what's really going on in Cortem. Caught in a growing web of deceit, seduction, danger, and betrayal, their choices now will save or condemn thousands. As tension escalates between multiple factions throughout Cortem, Gifted layers dark secrets, clandestine missions, and divided loyalties with a masterful deception that could rob Roanna's family of everything.