The Initiation

Nikki Sloane

Book 1 of Filthy Rich Americans

Marist Northcott agrees to marry Royce Hale, heir to a powerful banking dynasty, to save her family from financial ruin, only to learn that becoming a Hale wife requires surviving a secretive, sordid initiation ritual tied to the family's boardroom. As she is pulled deeper into the Hales' world of old money and control, she must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice for the man she wasn't supposed to fall for. The book blends corporate intrigue with mythological undertones and a slow unraveling of family secrets.