They killed her. So, fate gave her a second chance, but Elara Vane chooses the only man that she never thought would have her. Elara Vane was supposed to marry the charming heir, Julian. She was supposed to have the perfect life every magazines printed about, until her sister and Julian betrayed her for her money, leaving her to rot in the rain. Now, Elara wakes up seven days before her murder to a new chance at her life. But, it seems fate wants her to have the same engagement, same smile, and same horrible ending. Until, Elara decides to take it into her own hands. Refusing to be engaged to the most arrogant man alive, Elara decides to take her chances with the one man no one ever thinks to choose. Kael, a feared uncle to Julian that everyone paints his heartless monster. A man who watched over her for years from afar, loving her, silently. Her choice brings nothing but fury from Julian and danger from Kael. With his sights set on her and her father's company, Julian is bound to make her pay for her defiance. Meanwhile, Kael must fight the monster he believed Julian to be, in order to protect the one thing that makes his world complete. Elara must fight to change her future, from sheltered bride to fearless partner, unearthing secrets about her father's death, and a prophecy none of them realized would come true. Because, fate didn't say she was to marry a Vane. It didn't say she was to fall in love with her killer. Genre: Mafia Romance, Second Chance, Enemies to Love, Fate Defiance Tone: Passionate, Angsty, Slow burn, Female Empowerment.

They said Elara Vance died in a fire at fifteen. The were wrong. Nine years later, after framing her family for a crime they didn't commit, stealing her empire, and erasing her from the public memory, she came back to the mansion that knew her as a daughter. Not as a daughter. As a maid. Name: Lila Maro. Invisible. Exactly where she wants to be. The man who killed her family roams the halls. The boy she once loved, who testified against her family walks among the ghosts. What they don't know is that the maid in his study has been hunting him for two years. She has the evidence to burn the empire down. He has been trying to kill her for nine.