After her father, the President, is assassinated, Nova becomes a target of dangerous political enemies. When her father’s best friend and former special forces officer Grant Steele is sent to protect her as her personal bodyguard, Nova immediately distrusts him, seeing him as a hypocrite just like her deceased father. When she uncovers his dark BDSM secrets, she decides to use it against him, trying to seduce him to prove her point. But the more she pushes him, the more she finds herself drawn to his strength and vulnerability. As the two grow closer, their bond deepens, and the lines between manipulation and love blur while they fight to survive against the conspirators who will stop at nothing to destroy her.