Abruptly recalled after more than a decade in exile, the 22-year-old the only daughter of the sixteenth generation of her dynastic family, finally returns to the sprawling but isolated Alpine estate where she spent the first twelve years of her life.

Her grandfather, the former patriarch of the family, is dead, but the shadowy enemies he first warned her about ten years earlier have not given up their designs on the remnants of his wealth and power. Surrounded by these enigmatic threats, “The Chairman,” her father, now rules the dynasty with a cold and clinical efficiency. Recalling his daughter from her indolent and hedonistic exile was no accident. The dynasty has plans for the only daughter of the line, plans that threaten to destroy her freedom and independence forever.

Within days of her arrival, she is manoeuvred into an engagement to a hopelessly misogynistic playboy. A virtual prisoner, living with the certainty that her eldest brother intends to act on the vendetta between them, and with no one to turn to, she must begin to solve the mysteries her grandfather first hinted at, the enigmas of a 350-year-old secret society that she must uncover if she is to forge new alliances among those who might help her escape.

At first, her efforts to co-opt one of her father’s most trusted aides seem inspired, but will her growing feelings for this handsome, former mercenary with a mysterious past compromise all her efforts? And even if not, can she ever be sure where his true loyalties lie?

Even worse, her actions threaten to attract the attention of the shadowy forces dedicated to destroying her family, forces that have their own plans for the wayward heiress. With time running out, she must either accept a lifetime of servitude that loyalty to her family demands, or pull off an elaborate and dangerous heist–a path that could see her forever branded a traitor to the family and cost those closest to her everything.

THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER goes on sale July 7, 2026.