Title: Crown of Shadows and ThornsGenres: Billionaire Romance / Dark Fantasy / Contract MarriageWhen Arthur Vance faces complete financial ruin, his manipulative wife and daughter force his eldest child, Lyra, to take her half-sister’s place in a contract marriage to the formidable CEO, Damian Vane. Rumored to be a cold monster holding a dangerous, dark power, Damian expects nothing more than a quiet, transaction-based arrangement. Instead, he finds a woman who stands tall against his shadows with undeniable grace and quiet bravery.​As genuine affection sparks between them, the very family that threw Lyra away realizes what they gave up—and along with a jealous noblewoman, they launch a vicious plot to expose the marriage as fraudulent and destroy her reputation.