Vows Written in Ash

When heiress Seraphina Vale is dragged from her mother’s funeral to the altar of the man accused of ruining her family, she swears she will survive the marriage long enough to destroy him. Lucien Thorne is the reclusive king of Blackwater’s underground empire, a scarred, merciless man who buys loyalties, buries enemies, and never explains himself. Their arranged marriage is meant to end a blood feud between two dynasties—but Seraphina soon discovers her father’s debts, her mother’s secrets, and Lucien’s obsession with her all began long before their wedding night.

In a city of fogbound mansions, private clubs, and cathedral-like banks hiding criminal ledgers, desire becomes another battlefield. Lucien wants obedience. Seraphina wants truth. But every locked room in Thornfield House reveals a darker connection between them, and the closer she comes to vengeance, the more she fears the monster she married may be the only person who never lied to her.