Vows Written in Venom

When heiress Mara Vale is forced into marriage with Silas Blackthorne—the ruthless, reclusive heir to an empire built on blood, debt, and whispered disappearances—she expects a gilded cage. Instead, she finds a husband who refuses to touch her, a mansion full of locked doors, and a family that treats her like both a prize and a threat. Silas is beautiful, brutal, and impossible to read, but every warning about him only pulls Mara closer to the darkness he keeps leashed beneath his tailored suits.

Their marriage was supposed to end a war between two criminal dynasties. But Mara carries a secret name, a stolen past, and evidence that could destroy both families. As desire becomes a battlefield and trust turns dangerous, she discovers Silas did not marry her for peace—he married her because he has been hunting the truth behind her mother’s murder for years. And the closer they come to the killer, the more Mara suspects her husband may be the only monster willing to burn the world to save her.