Genre: Mafia Romance, LGBTQ+ (WLW), Drama Themes: Fate vs choice, power imbalance, forbidden love, identity, betrayal, found family, obsession, survival An orphaned girl, newly expelled from the orphanage at eighteen, is hit by a car owned by a dying billionaire. Out of guilt-or fate-the old man saves her life and takes her into his mansion as a helper. As death approaches, he forces her into a marriage meant to secure his empire. She agrees... only to discover she is marrying a woman-cold, powerful, and far richer than the old man himself. What begins as a contract marriage becomes a slow-burn obsession neither of them dares to name. Then the past returns. Her biological parents-wealthy and ruthless-find her and demand she honor a marriage arranged at her birth. A jealous stepsister, obsessed with the man meant to marry her, decides the orphan girl should never have been found at all. Love becomes dangerous. And survival comes at a cost.

This is the second book after Tears of Blood. Devyn has stepped into power in order to save her country from crumbling. Still reeling from the attack and a betrayal she never saw coming, she must navigate through it all. Andrea finally returns home after her initial mission goes awry. All her secrets come to light.