For Ivy, a scholarship student from a poor family, college becomes a trap the moment she catches Adrian’s attention—the calm professor who runs the school. Harassed, drugged, and set up by wealthy siblings, she’s pushed to the edge. Adrian walks away from his posts as dean and professor to protect her, and together they uncover a dark secret: the college has been handing poor female students over to rich donors. The case also reveals why Ivy’s father died, after trying to expose the Gray List.