She was supposed to stay away.
She didn't.
When Willow Quinn's closest friend vanishes into the underworld of Tokyo, all that's left behind is a single warning: Don't follow me.
But silence has never been Willow's style. Fueled by guilt and grief, she digs deeper-into alleys that whisper, into wounds that never healed, into a city that chews up girls like Saki and spits them out in smoke. Her search leads her to Matsuda Rei, a man as unreadable as he is dangerous. Sharp-suited, cold-eyed, and always one step ahead, Rei doesn't offer answers-only shadows, temptation, and the kind of secrets that bleed.
As sparks ignite and loyalties blur, Willow finds herself caught between desire and destruction, haunted by a past she can't fix and a future slipping out of reach.
Set against a backdrop of neon lights, whispered threats, and velvet violence, Scarlet Underneath is a bold, addictive noir romance about power, obsession, and the ghosts we carry beneath our skin.
If you loved the emotional grit of My Name or the icy charm of Vincenzo, this one's for you.