Loyal to a Lie

In the glittering city of Easthaven, Tennessee, Arielle Thompson appears to have it all: beauty, brains, a thriving career at a prestigious publishing company, and a fiancé the entire city envies. Alongside Isaiah “Zay” Washington, the charismatic face behind the city’s hottest new luxury lounge, Club LXI, Arielle is celebrated as half of Easthaven’s untouchable power couple.

But behind the dark curtains, expensive champagne, and flashing cameras, Arielle is quietly unraveling. Though Club LXI was marketed as their dream, Arielle quickly realizes she sacrificed far more than Zay ever did — her savings, her career momentum, her peace, and slowly, pieces of herself. As the club rises in popularity, so does Zay’s control over her future. Then strange things begin happening at work. But the deeper Arielle sinks into confusion, the more one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: Someone close to her may be orchestrating her downfall.

And while her engagement begins to feel more like a cage than a love story, temptation arrives in the form of Tobias Williams. Every encounter with him chips away at the life Arielle has been trying so desperately to hold together.

Sometimes the greatest betrayal doesn’t come from just your enemies.

No one wants to stay loyal to a lie.