Celeste never wanted to marry the Alpha whose kind destroyed everything she loved. Nicolas never wanted a human wife at all, not until a witch cursed his bloodline in front of his own court and left him no other way to save it. Forced into a marriage neither of them chose, they agree to the only terms that make it bearable: no affection, no interference, and freedom for them both the moment she gives him an heir. "You don't have to pretend to care," she tells him. "I won't." "Good," he says. "I wasn't planning to." But four wives came before her, and none of them survived long in this palace, and even Nicolas doesn't know why. As Celeste starts digging for answers he can't give her, the cold war between them slowly becomes something neither expected: a pull neither will name, a loyalty neither planned for, and a truth about who she really is buried so deep it could unravel everything they've both built their lives on hiding. Because Celeste isn't who anyone believes her to be. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her survival becomes. Will Nicolas choose the crown that made him untouchable, or the wife he swore would never matter?

Five years ago, Mia Bennett married the boy who was about to become hockey's next legend and disappeared before he ever knew what she was carrying. Now she's the Ironhawks' newest performance psychologist, assigned to fix the one player she swore she'd never face again: team captain Liam Calloway, the husband who still doesn't know he's a husband at all. She has one rule: keep her family exactly as hidden as it's been for four years. He has one goal: figure out why the woman treating his mind feels like someone he's already lost. Every session peels back a little more of the wall she's built, and every question he asks edges closer to the truth she can't afford him finding , not yet, not like this. How long can a secret survive in a room built for confession?

She came to destroy his empire. Now she has to trust him with her life. Aurora Montclair doesn't bow. The billionaire CEO built her empire from the ashes of her father’s betrayal, and she’ll burn anyone who threatens it. So when she uncovers evidence linking the elusive Aldridge Corporation to three cold-blooded murders, she sees her chance to expose the killer and seal her freedom. But Kieran Aldridge isn't just a corporate titan. He’s a ruthless mafia Don who rules the underworld with an iron fist and he’s been expecting her. Their first meeting is a declaration of war. But when a shared enemy puts a hit on both their heads, vengeance morphs into survival. Forced into a deadly alliance, Aurora brings the financial genius; Kieran brings the firepower. Every move is a power play. Every glance is a threat. And every touch is a promise neither can afford to keep. Falling for the enemy is dangerous. Trusting him is lethal. But walking away? That will kill them both.