This is a story about hunger. In 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, a young girl grows up wild and wily, her beauty outmatched only by her dreams of escape. María knows she can only ever be a prize or a pawn in the games played by men, but when an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, she makes a desperate choice and vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love. In 1827 London, a young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped away. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow, but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage. In 2019 Boston, college was supposed to be a chance for Alice to be someone new, moving halfway across the world to leave her old life behind. After an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, present, and future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers and revenge.

This is a story about life—how it ends, and how it starts.