The seventh man I kissed died before sunrise.I had learned a long time ago that men did not survive loving me, so I stopped giving them the chance. No dates, no relationships, no lingering touches, and definitely no kisses. It was easier to live like a ghost than to watch another person die because they had gotten too close to me.Then Daniel died.And this time, someone left me a message.Seven men. One woman. How many more will you sacrifice?Before I can understand what it means, a mysterious billionaire named Adrian Vale walks into my life and claims he knows exactly what I am. He knows about the men who died. He knows about the strange mark that has appeared on my skin. Worst of all, he knows things about my dead mother that he shouldn't possibly know.Then he kisses me.In front of everyone.I wait for him to die.Instead, he coughs blood, smiles like he has finally found something he has spent centuries searching for, and whispers, "Finally."Adrian says I am not cursed.He says the thing killing the men who kiss me has been sleeping inside my bloodline for thousands of years.He says I am not its victim.I am its prison.And the closer Adrian and I become, the weaker that prison gets.Now an ancient secret society wants me dead, a man I have trusted since childhood is hiding a horrifying secret, and something inside me has begun whispering my name.Adrian swears he will protect me even if it costs him his immortality.But there is one thing he hasn't told me.He isn't the only one who has been waiting for me.Something inside me has been waiting for him too.And if Adrian and I fall completely in love, we may not just lose each other.We may wake the thing that was imprisoned to save the world.

The bride disappeared forty-seven minutes before her wedding.When Emma finally escaped the place where she'd been imprisoned, she arrived just in time to watch her younger sister kiss the man who was supposed to become her husband. One lie shattered her future, and the people who should have defended her were the first to condemn her. Branded a disgrace and blamed for a scandal that could ignite a mafia war, Emma expects a bullet between her eyes. Instead, the most feared Mafia King in Italy offers her something far more terrifying. Marriage.Everyone believes the cold, ruthless Dante De Luca is punishing the woman who ruined his son's wedding. No one notices the way his gaze lingers on the silver cross around her neck. No one knows that he has spent twenty years searching for the little girl who once saved his life in the middle of a bloody massacre. Least of all Emma.As old secrets claw their way out of the past, a stolen identity, a family built on lies, and a sister willing to destroy everything for power threaten to ignite another war. But the greatest danger isn't the enemies waiting in the shadows.It's what happens when a marriage born from duty becomes impossible to walk away from.Because sometimes the bride who loses everything is the one fate was protecting all along.

Nina Vale was fired for stealing money she didn’t take.By nightfall, she’s told she owns one of the largest conglomerates in the country.There’s only one problem.She doesn’t get to inherit it unless he approves.Ezra Galen built his empire on precision, loyalty, and control. He doesn’t believe in coincidences. He doesn’t believe in redemption. And he definitely doesn’t believe the daughter of the woman who nearly destroyed his company deserves power.So he offers her a choice that isn’t a choice at all.One year under his supervision. One year of humiliation, scrutiny, and survival. Fail, and she walks away with nothing. Succeed, and she inherits a throne built on secrets.But the deeper Nina digs, the more she realizes her mother didn’t fail.She was erased.And Ezra might have known.Now the board wants her gone. His family wants her silenced. The man she’s starting to want might have profited from her mother’s downfall.This was never an inheritance.It was a trap.And this time, Nina refuses to be collateral damage.