𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟖+

18 -year-old Fae Bloom has lived under the shadow of loss ever since both of her parents were killed in a violent accident tied to the underworld. Raised by her fragile grandmother Veronica, Fae has clung to a quiet life in their flower shop, dreaming of freedom far from the city's blood-soaked streets. But her world shatters again when Veronica falls ill-and Fae's greedy, debt-ridden father figure resurfaces with a deal that changes everything.

To erase what he owes the Sterlings-the brutal mafia dynasty that rules the city through fear-Fae is sold to Syon Sterling, the twenty-one-year-old heir to the empire. Cold, calculating, and feared by all, Syon doesn't need a wife...but he needs leverage. And a girl like Fae, young, vulnerable, and unprotected, is the perfect pawn.

On her nineteenth birthday, Fae is forced into a marriage she never wanted, bound by vows forged in blood instead of love. At first, she sees Syon only as her captor, a man whose world destroyed the family she once had. But as she's drawn deeper into the Sterling empire, Fae discovers that beneath Syon's ruthless exterior lies a man scarred by violence, burdened by legacy, and starved of something real.
What begins as a cold arrangement slowly grows into something neither expected. Fae's quiet strength awakens something human in Syon, while his fierce protection teaches her that power doesn't always have to be cruel. Together, they learn to trust, to fight, and ultimately to love-not because of the deal that bound them, but in defiance of it.
When Zyka Sterling, Syon's ruthless older sister, threatens to tear them apart and claim the throne for herself, Syon and Fae stand united. What started as a marriage of debt becomes a bond of choice-two hearts entwined in a world ruled by blood and betrayal.
In the end, Fae is no longer the girl who was sold-she is Syon's equal, his partner, and the only one capable of standing beside him as love blooms in the darkest of places