Once the cherished daughter of one of Valoria's most powerful noble families, Lady Seraphina Ashcroft never imagined her life could be destroyed in a single day.Her father is branded a traitor.Her mother dies protecting her.Her younger brother disappears without a trace.And she is sold into the kingdom's most exclusive underground slave auction, where the rich bid on human lives beneath crystal chandeliers.Just when she is moments away from execution, the most feared man in Valoria steps forward.The Shadow King.Damien Valden.With one command, he changes her fate.“She's mine.”Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.Damien is the head of House Valden, the most powerful of the Five Families ,the invisible rulers who control Valoria through wealth, secrets, and bloodshed.Seraphina vows to escape him.Instead, she finds herself trapped in a deadly game of lies, political conspiracies, and a very dangerous attraction. Every attempt to defy him only draws his attention, and every secret she uncovers brings her closer to the truth behind the massacre that destroyed House Ashcroft.Then a political crisis forces the Shadow King to marry the woman who hates him most.What begins as a marriage of convenience soon turns into an obsession neither of them can control.But love comes at a devastating price.When Seraphina discovers she is carrying Damien's child, she is forced to make an impossible choice.Can she trust the man whose empire is connected to the tragedy that destroyed her family...Or should she disappear with the child before the truth destroys them both?In a kingdom where everyone wears a mask, every alliance hides betrayal, and every black rose blooms with blood, love may become the most dangerous secret of all.

They called me their queen until the day they set me on fire.I gave my kingdom my loyalty, my mate my heart, and my enemies my mercy. In return, I was betrayed by the man I loved, abandoned by the people I protected, and left to burn beneath a sky that never answered my screams. Death should have been my ending.Instead, it became my beginning.Reborn from the ashes of my execution, I return to a world that believes I'm gone forever. But the broken woman who died in those flames is not the one who has come back. My enemies stole my crown, my future, and my name. Now, they will watch as I reclaim every piece of myself they tried to destroy. Yet revenge is a dangerous fire. The closer I come to destroying those who ruined me, the harder it becomes to ignore the men willing to stand beside me and the dark secrets that could shatter everything I thought I knew.They wanted me dead.They should have made sure I stayed that way.They wanted a victim.They created a queen.And queens do not rise from the ashes to forgive.Queen of Ashes is a heart wrenching tale of betrayal, loss, love, and vengeance, where a fallen queen must decide whether to let her pain consume her or rise from it and become a legend.