Beatrix Winslow-Hale built her career by writing women who own their desire. Then a man turns hers against her. A bestselling novelist on the verge of a bigger life, Beatrix is brilliant, controlled, and finished with accepting the future her wealthy family designed. Dorian Wolker is equally accustomed to setting the terms: a magnetic billionaire whose private games promise the one thing Beatrix cannot resist - surrender she chooses for herself. But Dorian is not playing for intimacy. When he converts her trust into a public betrayal, Beatrix loses more than her reputation. Her career, her rights, and the story of who she is are suddenly in someone else's hands. Outmaneuvered but not broken, she turns to Manon de Rochemaure, the audacious friend who has always known survival is only the beginning. Together, they design a comeback as elegant as it is devastating. Dorian made the first claim. Beatrix intends to have the last word. AcClaim is glamorous psychological suspense with a seductive edge - a story of dangerous attraction, female friendship, public scandal, and revenge with teeth.