Title: Vows of Ash and Ivory

In a world ruled by blood oaths and broken crowns, love is the most dangerous vow of all.

Saphira Vale once believed she could outlive the ghosts of her past-until she became bound to Elias Draven, the man who conquered Corsica's underworld with charm as sharp as his cruelty. To the world, he's a refined crime lord draped in power and precision. To Saphira, he's the man who saved her life... and chained her to a throne built on secrets.

But when whispers rise that Kareem, Elias's presumed-dead brother, is alive and gathering an army of the forgotten, Saphira finds herself caught between loyalty and rebellion. Each message she receives from the shadows pulls her closer to the truth-and closer to the man Elias swore he buried.

As Corsica trembles under unseen war, vows made in love and vengeance begin to blur. Elias must confront the ghosts he created, and Saphira must decide whether to become his salvation-or his downfall.

Because in this empire of ash and ivory, every love story ends with blood on the floor.