Liesel never expected her life to be easy, yet she never anticipated being betrayed by those closest to her. When her stepmother and sister plot against her on what should have been the happiest day of her life, Liesel finds herself drugged out on what should have been an unforgettable celebration. After being forced out by Alaric himself, she returns later as a stronger, wiser woman armed with secrets that can shake his world to its foundations. Once Alaric sees Liesel again, he knows he must hold onto her tightly. Her fiery gaze matches her defiant words; when he learns of their son—his son—he becomes even more determined to keep Liesel close. With his wealth as a billionaire mafia boss untouchable by ordinary citizens, his power makes him untouchable, giving Liesel just one choice between staying or losing everything to Alaric. Passion ignites, secrets are exposed, and danger is imminent as Liesel fights to gain her freedom while Alaric vies to retain what has now become his property. But in a game where both love and power collide, can she truly break free of Alaric, who holds both her heart and fate in his hands?

Tight between the gothic architecture and ruthless corporate ambition resides Bristol’s shadowy heart, and into this Ellie Harrington, real name Eleanor, is cornered. Teetering on the brink of collapse, the Harrington Holdings, which is her family's legacy, is teetering on the brink of collapse because insurmountable debt and a predatory rival looks to consume Harrington Holdings. Ellie is desperate to save what her father built, and turns to Sebastian Whitmore walk into the office of the company’s enigmatic and feared CEO. His proposal is simple yet binding: a salvation at the price of a marriage of convenience. Seb keeps his cool, but that doesn’t stop the storms of secrets and pain he carries as an agent for The Pact, a secretive world power group that pulls the strings of those in charge of the city’s supernatural power struggles. Ellie can’t quite shake the fact she’s stepped into Seb’s world and been dragged into a murderous game Seb and his forceful rival Dominic ‘Dom’ Hayes are playing. Cryptically warnings Dom gives become sown seeds of doubt as to what Seb’s actual motives, and at the same time Dom holds his own shadowy motives. The daughter of the most powerful, Blood Matriarch, has been caught in a web of lies, blood, power, and betrayal. The final Great Blood and she carries the final lie on her blood line. She could be the prophecy, the balance in The Pact. Can Ellie survive this violent path back to her freedom, protecting her family's legacy, or get lost in the mess?