For twenty years, Liana Rose has lived in her sister’s shadow. Her older sister, Selene, is beautiful, powerful, and everything a future Luna should be. Since childhood, everyone in Mooncrest Pack has known that Selene will one day become the Luna of Alpha Kael Blackwood, the most powerful Alpha in the region. Their union has already been arranged. Their packs have celebrated it for years. And Liana has always accepted it. She loves her sister more than anything. So when she finally meets Kael, she keeps her distance. Until her wolf awakens. One heartbeat. One scent. One devastating word echoes through her mind. Mate. Liana is horrified. The man standing before her, the man her sister has loved since childhood, is her true mate. And Kael’s wolf recognizes her too. The bond is undeniable. Yet neither of them can act on it without destroying Selene and the future their families have spent years building. Liana decides to fight the bond. She avoids Kael. She suppresses her feelings. She convinces herself that whatever she feels for him will eventually disappear. It doesn’t. Kael begins seeking her out. A glance becomes a stolen conversation. A conversation becomes secret meetings. And slowly, the Alpha who was supposed to marry her sister falls in love with the woman he was never supposed to want. When Selene discovers the truth, everything falls apart. She isn’t willing to simply surrender the future she has spent her entire life preparing for. Hurt, angry, and terrified of losing everything, she begins to see Liana as the person standing between her and the life she was promised. The sisters who once shared everything become rivals. But while their personal battle threatens to tear Mooncrest apart, an even greater danger is awakening. Liana’s birth was hidden for a reason. She carries the blood of an ancient Moon Queen lineage believed to have disappeared centuries ago, a bloodline connected to a mysterious Crown that has been fought over for generations. And the people who know about Liana’s blood will stop at nothing to control her. As rival packs take sides and an ancient order rises from the shadows, Liana discovers that her forbidden bond with Kael is only one part of a much older story. There is a prophecy. There is a Crown. And there is a secret about her blood that could change the future of every werewolf territory. But the prophecy does not mean what everyone believes. It does not say one sister must destroy the other. It says one will rise beyond the crown, while the other will fall beyond the throne. For Liana, becoming Luna was never supposed to be her greatest destiny. She must learn to stand against those who believe power gives them the right to control others—including the people who claim to be protecting her. And Selene must decide whether she will continue fighting for the future she was promised or finally choose a future of her own. Because the greatest battle will not be between two sisters. It will be between choice and control. Liana never wanted the Crown. She never wanted to rule. She never wanted to take her sister’s place. But when the Crown finally becomes whole, she must make the one choice no one can make for her: Will she use its power to control the world that fears her, or give that power back and end the cycle forever? And when she finally chooses, Liana will discover the truth she has been searching for all along: Her blood may have decided where she came from. Her bond may have led her to the man she loves. But neither of them can decide who she becomes. That choice belongs to her.

Elena Blackwood is dead.At least, that’s what her husband, Damian Blackwood, believes.The billionaire CEO is forced to identify his wife’s body after she is found murdered inside their mansion. By the next morning, the world knows Elena is gone, and Damian is left to bury the woman he loved.Then, a woman walks into a police station.She claims to be Elena.She remembers her name. She remembers Damian. She remembers their marriage.But she can’t remember the last six months of her life.When DNA confirms that she really is Elena Blackwood, the case takes a terrifying turn. Because the woman Damian buried is also genetically Elena.Someone murdered a stranger and made her look like his wife.Someone wanted Elena to disappear.And now that she’s back, whoever was behind it is ready to finish what they started.As Elena searches for the missing pieces of her memory, she uncovers secrets buried inside her husband’s empire, and realizes her supposed death may be connected to a conspiracy much closer to home than she ever imagined.The woman everyone thought was dead has returned.But the question is no longer who killed Elena Blackwood?It’s who is still trying to kill her?