A CONTRACT WRITTEN IN HATEHe needed a wife. She needed a miracle. Neither expected the truth to destroy them both.Serena Vale has three days to save her younger brother from a scandal that could ruin his future.With mounting debts, a family name stained by disgrace, and nowhere left to turn, she accepts an offer from the last man she should ever trust.Damian Cross is London's most feared billionaire businessman. Cold, calculating, and dangerously private, he has built an empire on control—and he doesn't believe in love.His proposal is simple.One year of marriage.One public performance.One carefully written contract.In return, he will protect Serena's brother and help her uncover the truth behind the scandal that destroyed her family.But Damian has a reason for choosing her, and it has nothing to do with love.Three years ago, Serena's father became connected to a secret that shattered the Cross family. Damian believes Serena holds the key to finding what was lost, and he intends to use their marriage to get it.Serena agrees to his rules, determined to protect the only family she has left.She doesn't agree to the way he watches her when he thinks she isn't looking. She doesn't agree to the unexpected moments when his carefully controlled mask slips. And she certainly doesn't agree to the possibility that the man she should hate might be the only person willing to stand beside her when the truth comes out.But the Cross family is hiding something.Someone wants their marriage to fail.And the deeper Serena digs into her father's past, the more dangerous her husband becomes—not because she knows what he has done, but because she is beginning to discover what he is capable of losing.She entered the marriage to save her family. She may have to destroy his to uncover the truth.In a world built on power, betrayal, and carefully kept secrets, can two people bound by a contract learn to trust each other before someone tears them apart?

A VOW OF SHADOWSBy Angela UzorSome promises are made with love. Others are made to destroy.Elena Hayes has spent years trying to escape the scandal that ruined her family and destroyed her father's name. She has learned to trust no one, expect nothing, and keep her heart guarded. But when a dangerous secret from her past resurfaces, she finds herself drawn into the world of Adrian Blackwood—a wealthy, powerful businessman whose family may hold the answers to everything she has lost.Cold, arrogant, and impossible to read, Adrian is the last man Elena should trust. Their worlds collide in a battle of secrets, betrayal, and buried truths, where every answer reveals another lie and every step toward the truth brings them closer to a past neither can escape.Elena wants justice. Adrian wants to protect his family's name. Neither expects the undeniable connection growing between them.But what happens when the man she's beginning to fall for is connected to the very people who destroyed her family?As hidden enemies close in and the truth threatens to shatter everything, Elena must decide whether love is worth the risk—or whether some betrayals are too deep to forgive.In a world where power hides the truth and love can become the greatest weakness, one vow could change everything.Because some secrets destroy families. Some betrayals change destinies. And some promises are made in the shadows.