The Velvet Season

Some seasons arrive with a whisper.
Theirs arrived with ruin.

Once among society's most admired families, the Ellery name now lingers in drawing rooms only as a cautionary tale-spoken in lowered voices, sharpened by scandal, and followed by pity. With her family's fortune in tatters and their standing in freefall, Lady Lavinia Ellery has learned that survival in high society requires more than grace.

It requires strategy.

It requires sacrifice.

It requires marrying well.

But when the dangerously elusive Lord Colton St. James enters her world-a man whispered about with equal parts fascination and fear-Lavinia finds herself entangled in something far more perilous than society's cruel gossip.

Because Colton is not the sort of man who offers harmless courtship.

He is temptation dressed in aristocratic perfection. A man of devastating charm, ruthless restraint, and secrets dark enough to destroy them both.

As rivals circle, reputations crumble, and ambition turns even family into enemies, Lavinia must decide what she is willing to surrender for salvation.

Her name.

Her freedom.

Or her heart.

In a world of silk, betrayal, and whispered desire, love is rarely gentle.

And some passions do not save you.

They ruin you beautifully.