In a world where alliances are currency and secrets weigh more than blood, Honoria Kane becomes both pawn and player in a centuries-old feud between rival houses. What begins as a calculated engagement meant to preserve peace turns dangerous the moment she enters the Vitali estate, where power hums beneath every glance and attraction is as perilous as betrayal. Bound to the ruthless Vitali brothers-Kiro, the mind behind every glance and Silas, the quiet shadowed blade in the dark -become her protectors, her tempters, and her undoing. Between their possessive watch and her awakening defiance, every touch becomes strategy, every word a test of loyalty. When the engagement is sealed, she's no longer the naive daughter playing peacekeeper, but a strategist cloaked in innocence. In the game of Crowns and Bartered bloodlines, Honoria learns too late: you're never given power in the Vitali world. You take it-or you're devoured by those who already have. And when playing the Vitali Brothers' Game-you don't win. You simply learn which part of yourself you're willing to surrender first..