Book 1 of Bound by Legacy. Tied by family pressure, Vihaan Aggarwal and Erika Merchant vowed to just be in a marriage of convenience and never fall in love. Erika Merchant wasn't a broken soul by birth, her heart broke when her boyfriend passed away in an accident and that incident left her broken and she convinced herself that she will never fall in love again. Vihaan Aggarwal never wanted to marry. It wasn't his plan for a very long time. His plan was to have his whole control over the Aggarwal empire.But what can someone do when destiny has written something else. A story of love, lies, grief and true faces hidden behind masks that no one could even predict. Erika : His Velvet Ruin is anything but a normal marriage of convenience.