Vows Written in Ash

Seraphina Vale has spent six years buried under a dead woman’s name, hiding from the criminal dynasty that murdered her mother and stole her inheritance. When her younger sister is taken as collateral for a debt Seraphina never made, she is forced back into the glittering underworld of New Cordova, where old money drinks with murderers and wedding rings are sharper than knives.

Dante Moretti, heir to the city’s most feared syndicate, offers her a bargain: marry him for one year, give him access to the Vale family’s sealed fortune, and he will keep her sister alive. Dante is cold, controlled, and infamous for destroying everyone who betrays him—but he recognizes Seraphina beneath her borrowed identity, and his reasons for choosing her are far darker than business.

Trapped in a marriage built on blackmail, Seraphina wages war against the husband who wants her obedience, her secrets, and eventually her heart. But in a city where love is leverage and truth is fatal, the most dangerous lie may be the one Dante has told himself: that he can possess Seraphina without being ruined by her.