A ghost with no past. A marriage he never asked for. Justin Sallow is Aldin Cakebread’s final gamble, an outsider thrust into New Avalon’s cold-blooded elite. But as powerful families fall apart and conflict brews beneath the city, Justin must decide: will he preserve the peace… or shatter it to forge something new?

Leo Zhang, a delivery worker scorned by his in-laws, suddenly inherits a green-tech empire. But power brings enemies, betrayed by his wife, framed by his mother-in-law, and cast out as a fraud, Leo must reclaim his name. With nothing left but a locked box and a buried secret, his revenge begins.

Blurb After years in military exile, Caelum Dray returns home but not as a son, but a pawn in a powerful family’s scheme. Labeled a bastard, forced into a sham engagement, and haunted by whispers that he’s not even a real Dray, Caelum must decide: obey, betray... or burn the legacy down.

Benjamin Carter was the outcast son-in-law no one wanted, mocked, erased, and buried by the powerful Harper family. But when he discovers a dragon pendant tied to a hidden inheritance, he unlocks not just wealth, but a dangerous legacy his enemies thought was long dead. As the ruthless matriarch Evelyn Harper claws to retain control, and her daughter Amelia wavers between betrayal and regret, buried secrets rise, including murder. With a city's fortune at stake and blood-stained loyalties tested, Benjamin must fight to reclaim his name, his past, and the truth itself. But in a family built on lies, can the rightful heir survive long enough to take the throne?