In a city where memories are currency, Lyra does illegal work in the shadows, extracting secrets people want to forget. But when her latest job goes wrong, she accidentally pulls a forbidden, high-security memory straight from the mind of Kaelen Voss—the ruthless director of the Memory Bureau. Kaelen should have her arrested. Instead, he traps her in his tower with a terrifying proposition: help him hunt down the conspirators, or face execution. The catch? The neural feedback of the extraction has bonded them. Every surge of anger, every racing pulse, and every breathless glance is shared. In a game of lies and lethal secrets, the hardest thing to survive isn't the conspiracy—it's resisting each other.

# THE BETRAYAL THAT MADE ME POWERFUL *He destroyed the woman who loved him. Now, he's about to meet the woman he created.* Elara Monroe had everything she ever wanted—a family she loved, a future full of promise, and Adrian Blackwell, the billionaire heir who swore he would never hurt her. Until he betrayed her. In a single devastating turn of events, Elara lost the man she loved, watched her family's reputation crumble, and became the woman everyone whispered about. The world believed she was finished. Adrian believed it too. He was wrong. Years later, Elara returns richer, colder, and more powerful than anyone could have imagined. She's no longer the innocent woman who trusted too easily. Now, she has one goal: destroy the empire built on her suffering and make everyone who betrayed her pay. And at the top of her list is Adrian Blackwell. But revenge becomes complicated when old feelings refuse to die, dangerous secrets begin to surface, and Elara discovers that the truth behind her downfall may be far darker than she ever imagined. Adrian wants to know why she has returned. Elara wants him to suffer the way she suffered. But when the past threatens to expose them both, she must decide whether destroying the man who broke her is worth losing the woman she fought so hard to become. He taught her how cruel love could be. Now, she'll teach him how expensive betrayal can become. **This time, she's not here to win his heart. She's here to take his empire.**

THE BILLIONAIRE'S REGRET: MARRIED TO HIS ENEMY He married her to destroy her family. He never expected her to destroy his heart. When twenty-four-year-old Elena Hayes discovers that her late father's company has been left drowning in debt, she has only thirty days to save the family home and protect the last thing her father left behind. Then Alexander Blackwood makes her an offer she cannot afford to refuse. He is London's most ruthless billionaire, a man whose family has hated hers for generations. He wants Elena to marry him for one year in exchange for clearing her father's debts and saving her inheritance. The marriage is supposed to be business. Nothing more. Alexander has his reasons. He believes Elena's father was responsible for the scandal that destroyed his family, and marrying his daughter is the perfect way to take control of everything the Hayes family has left. But Elena has a secret of her own. Her father left behind a sealed letter warning her never to trust a Blackwood. As Elena enters Alexander's luxurious world, she discovers that the man she married may be hiding the truth about her father's final days. And the colder Alexander becomes in public, the harder it is to understand the unexpected moments when he seems determined to protect her. When a mysterious stranger begins sending Elena evidence of a decades-old betrayal, she must choose between the husband who might be lying to her and the truth that could destroy them both. Alexander wanted a wife he could control. Instead, he married the one woman who could bring his empire to its knees. And when the truth finally comes out, the billionaire who never begs anyone for anything will have to decide how much he is willing to lose to keep the woman he was supposed to hate. Because Elena's biggest mistake wasn't marrying her enemy. It was falling for him before she discovered why he chose her. A marriage built on revenge. A family secret worth millions. And a love that could cost them everything.

Chloe Hayes is barely keeping her event planning business afloat when a royal disaster strikes: she accidentally ruins a high-profile gig for Mason Vance. Cold, ruthless, and entirely obsessed with his tech empire, Mason demands compensation she simply doesn't have. But Mason has a crisis of his own. To secure a massive corporate merger and outwit his board of directors, he needs to prove he’s settled down. His solution? A binding contract. Chloe must play his devoted fiancée for three months in exchange for the exact payout she needs to save her livelihood. Rule number one: No falling in love. Rule number two: Keep up appearances, even when the paparazzi are watching. Can two people who despise each other survive months under the same roof without breaking the rules—or their own guarded hearts?