Description: Chloe Bennett has never had a reason to doubt her life. Her family is wealthy, her mother dotes on her, her best friend Vanessa Hayes clings to her with endless affection, and Ethan Sterling, the elegant heir everyone approves of, seems like the perfect match. Then Chloe binds herself to the Malice Reward System. The rule is simple: whenever someone feels malice toward her, she earns a reward. Chloe laughs it off at first. No one treats her badly. No one close to her would ever want to hurt her. Until the system announces that Vanessa's malice is nearly maxed out. What begins as an impossible warning soon becomes a trail of rewards, each one tied to a sharper act of manipulation. Vanessa belittles Chloe, pushes her toward expensive emotional tests, and defends Ethan a little too quickly. Ethan, meanwhile, hides behind charm, family status, and carefully staged concern. As Chloe gathers proof, she realizes the people around her do not want her happiness. They want her useful, obedient, and easy to control. But Chloe is done mistaking affection for loyalty. If they built their lives on her silence, she is about to make the truth very expensive. Author Biography: Quinn Sterling writes powerful romance where love transforms lives and heals ancient wounds.