The Contract

Amara Blackwood commands attention with her striking beauty-think Zoe Saldana's long-lost twin, but with a magnetic, enigmatic edge that's entirely her own.

To the world, Amara is the consummate negotiator - a master at her craft hired by the ultra-wealthy to broker deals of the highest stakes. Her services command millions to secure the rarest diamonds, priceless artworks, and exclusive real estate acquisitions. Traveling via private jet to the playgrounds of the opulent, she wines and dines in the chicest hotels and eateries global high society has to offer.

Yet Amara harbors a dark, insatiable hunger known only to a shadowed sect as ancient as civilization itself. For beneath the veil of her luxurious lifestyle lies a secret millennia in the making - Amara is a vampire, one of the oldest of her kind walking among the unwitting mortals of the modern age.

Her latest commission takes her to the sun-drenched Croatian isles to finalize the sale of a 12th century estate and its priceless trove of artifacts to a powerful and enigmatic client, an influential woman with a commanding presence and a hidden agenda. The negotiations are never simple with the elite's bloated egos and convoluted demands. But for an immortal who's been doing this since the age of gods, it's all in a night's work.

That is, until Amara finds herself drawn to this client in ways she never anticipated. From the moment they meet, there is an intoxicating energy that stirs a primordial longing within her undead core. The powerful woman possesses ancient knowledge and abilities that resonate with Amara's own dark legacy, igniting an undeniable attraction that transcends mere business.