“I have a fiancé.”It was supposed to be a harmless lie.A lie to stop her family from constantly asking about her love life.A lie that should have lasted five minutes.Instead, it catches the attention of Ethan Blackwood, a billionaire CEO who offers to become her fake fiancé.With a contract between them and their families convinced they’re in love, Amelia and Ethan agree to play the perfect couple.But as fake dates turn into real feelings and old secrets begin to surface, Amelia discovers that falling for a billionaire was never part of the plan.Neither was having her heart at risk.

For a thousand years, the Empire of Ashes has stood as the most powerful vampire empire in existence, ruling through wealth, military dominance, and ancient bloodlines. Across the continent, rival kingdoms battle for power, forming fragile alliances and deadly rivalries that threaten to plunge the supernatural world into chaos. At the center of it all stands Crown Princess Elena Ashford, heir to the Ashford Empire. Beautiful, intelligent, and fiercely independent, Elena is far more than a royal figurehead. Trained as a warrior, strategist, and future ruler, she commands armies, influences politics, and refuses to let anyone decide her future for her. But Elena carries a secret. She is a Hybrid. The first of her kind. No one knows how she exists, only that her blood has become the subject of whispers, fear, and dangerous curiosity across the kingdoms. As tensions rise between the supernatural empires, a historic alliance is proposed to prevent a devastating war. To secure peace, Elena is bound to an unprecedented political marriage with two rival princes from opposing kingdoms. Prince Damien Blackthorne is a feared military genius who believes the old system should be torn apart and rebuilt. Prince Adrian Nightvale is a brilliant political heir determined to preserve order at any cost. They are enemies. They are rivals. And now they are bound to the same future. What begins as a political arrangement quickly becomes a battle of power, loyalty, ambition, and forbidden attraction. As ancient secrets emerge and enemies gather in the shadows, Elena finds herself at the center of a conflict that could reshape the world forever. Because in the Empire of Ashes, crowns are not inherited. They are earned. And the most dangerous force in the empire may be the woman destined to wear one. A dark fantasy romance filled with powerful royals, political intrigue, rival princes, family loyalty, ancient secrets, and a heroine determined to rule on her own terms.