STORY DESCRIPTIONA contract signed in ruin. A revenge built on a lie. A love that defied them both.Dream Hale’s world shatters in one night: her father arrested, her mother dying, her name dragged through the mud. From the ashes, billionaire Tom Blackthorn offers a deal—a marriage of convenience. He needs a wife for image, inheritance, and a deeply personal revenge against her family. She needs his money and protection to survive.Bound by a ruthless contract, they enter a cold, humiliating union. He is ice, control, and calculated cruelty, believing Dream’s family destroyed his own. She is pride, resilience, and silent rebellion, planning to use his resources to destroy him from within.But in their gilded cage of mutual hatred, unexpected cracks appear. A kiss born of anger blurs into terrifying need. A touch meant to humiliate sparks electric heat. As external enemies close in and long-buried secrets unravel, they discover the devastating truth: Tom’s revenge is founded on a lie that poisoned both their pasts.Forced to choose between the vengeance that defined him and the woman who’s changing him, Tom must confront the monster he became. And Dream must decide if the devil she married is worth saving—and if her heart can trust the man emerging from the ruins of his own making.

Princess Elara believes power is the only shield against betrayal. To survive the court that executed her mother, she vows to claim the crown—no matter the cost.General Kaelan is the one man who stands in her way. Cold. Unyielding. Publicly dismissive of her every move. What Elara doesn’t know is that Kaelan has been protecting her from the shadows since childhood—sabotaging her rise to keep her alive.As conspiracies tighten and enemies close in, a single mistake exposes the truth, forcing Kaelan to choose between Elara’s crown and her life. In a court where love is weakness and power demands blood, victory may cost them everything.