With the death of his mother, a woman who lived and died as a “mistress,” young Yukishiro Haruka is cast into the lion’s den: the home of the formidable Fujiwara clan. His father, the man who married into this powerful family, is long dead, leaving Haruka utterly alone and besieged on all sides.... more>>

The family’s matriarch wants to force him to acknowledge her as his mother. His nominal “auntie” schemes to use him as a pawn to secure the family fortune. His cruel half-sister wants to control him like a new toy. In a house where even the maids dare to mock him, Haruka’s only weapon is a natural, magnetic charm he doesn’t yet understand. He must learn to tread carefully, or he will be consumed by the very people who claim to be his family. <<less