Too Spoiled to Lose, Too Loved to Resist

On the day of her grandmother's funeral, Claire Hayes finds herself pushed out by the family that raised her. The source only establishes that rejection and the grief surrounding it, so the story opens in the sharp aftermath of losing both a beloved grandmother and her place among the people she called family. Claire must now face the world without the safety net she always assumed would catch her. Her heiress background and the warmth she once took for granted are suddenly at stake, setting up a romance that grows against a backdrop of family pressure and divided loyalties.