In Chapter One of “Elite Designs,” Kamara, an ambitious fashion designer, unveils a stunning dress, showcasing her exceptional talent. As she prepares for a pivotal scholarship showcase, her confidence wavers, revealing her vulnerability. A sudden call about her father’s collapse leads her to a hospital, where she discovers her family’s bakery is in financial peril due to a daunting debt owed to Marcus Ellison—a powerful figure linked to both her professional aspirations and personal crisis. This convergence of career dreams and family hardship sets the stage for Kamara’s challenging journey ahead.

Kalliope "Kae" Reyes, a struggling artist in Brooklyn, has always poured her heart into her works while barely making ends meet. When her estranged twin sister Sage dies mysteriously, Kae is thrust into a world of dangerous wealth and privilege after finding a shocking secret: billionaire Beckett Vaughn is her biological father, and Sage had been working as his personal assistant to uncover dark family secrets. At Beckett's Hamptons home, Kae meets Caspian Black, his enigmatic security chief with haunted green eyes and secrets of his own. Their immediate attraction is complicated when Beckett plans for Kae to marry Orion Wellesley, the manipulative son of his sinister business partner, Sebastian. As Kae and Caspian fall deeply in love, they learn potentially devastating truths about their own connection. When Kae becomes pregnant with Caspian's child, Orion's obsession turns dangerous. Uncovering a vast criminal operation that claimed her sister's life, Kae must fight not only for her forbidden love but for her child's future and her very survival. In a world where privilege comes at the highest price, Kae will learn that the greatest wealth lies in choosing her own path and finding family among the ruins of betrayal.