RomanticSuspense Novel

"HE HIRED HER TO PROTECT HIM. HE NEVER EXPECTED HER TO UNCOVER HIS SECRETS."

"I don't need a woman playing bodyguard." The Duke's champagne splashed across her uniform—a petty power play. But Lillian Reed isn't just any bodyguard.

She's trained. She's lethal. And she just found the one thing he never wanted her to see.

A locked box. A matching birthmark. A past that shouldn't exist.

"Protect me?" he sneers. "From what—the truth?"

"She married a brother… but wasn’t born a sister."

Thornfield Manor holds more than secrets—it guards a bloodline twisted by fire, fraud, and a love that defies death. "Twenty years ago, we buried you," his voice hisses. "I’m not who you think I am," she whispers. Seven brothers. One locked attic. A music box that plays for the dead. When the portrait is uncovered, the real horror emerges: she’s the heir they killed to hide. "Some family bonds are written in blood… others in lies." Can you survive the truth?

"Her brother died to warn her. Now his killer wears a wedding ring."

Maren Reed thought she’d married a tech genius. But behind Gideon Blackwood’s smile? A web of lies, a trail of bodies, and a plan to sell her company’s secrets to the highest bidder.

"Your brother should’ve stayed dead," he whispers on their wedding night.

She found the proof in his closet. The USB in her brother’s shoe. The truth that turns "I do" into a death sentence.

"Love is blind… but revenge sees everything."

Can she outrun the man who married her to bury her?

"She married the man she left for dead. Now he’s wearing a ring—and a mask that hides more than scars."

Lila Kensington thought that rainy night on Blackwater Road was buried. But when her father sells her to save his empire, she walks down the aisle to find her groom’s hand bears a crescent-moon scar she’d recognize anywhere.

"Remember me, Mrs. Blackwood?" he murmurs, silver mask glinting. "You checked my pulse. I felt your fear."

A merger. A marriage. A penthouse fire. And a secret in his study that proves some accidents are anything but.

"Revenge tastes sweet… but love? It burns."

Can she outrun the past when it’s sleeping in her bed?

"Ten years as his secret. One night to burn it all down."

Marcelline Foster cleaned his messes, buried his lies, and loved him in the dark. Now, Corwin Blake is marrying a senator’s daughter—and she’s crashing the wedding.

"You think I’m just your shadow?" she whispers, white dress glowing like a warning.

A flash drive in her clutch. A rival at her back. And a truth that will reduce his empire to ash.

"Revenge isn’t a game when you’ve got nothing left to lose."

Tonight, the silent slave becomes the storm.

"Five years as his stepping stone. Now she’s his boss."

Chloe Reynolds spent years cleaning Ethan Miller’s messes, only to watch him steal her promotion. Tonight, she’s crashing his gala as Apex Global’s new CEO.

"You thought I’d stay buried?" she hisses, crimson dress cutting through the crowd.

A portfolio of his secrets. A boardroom ready to burn. And a truth that turns his empire to ash.

"Revenge isn’t cold. It’s calculated."

He built his career on her silence. Now she’s here to collect the price.

He wanted a proxy for his dead bride. She needed a miracle for her dying mother.

In the thorns of Blackthorn Manor, their fake contract blooms into something lethal—with lies like poison, scars like promises, and a truth that could drown them all. How do you escape a love that burns hotter than revenge?