Collateral (The Veiled Series #1)

Amara Tala Valerio, the youngest daughter of the most powerful politician in Cebu, hides a life no one would ever believe. Behind her family's wealth, influence, and carefully crafted image lie years of violence, fear, and silence.

Desperate to escape, Tala flees the only home she has ever known. But freedom proves short-lived when a tragic accident places her in the hands of Ajax Kaio Soliven-a man with secrets of his own.

Bound by a contract she never wanted, Tala soon discovers she isn't being protected out of kindness. She is collateral-a bargaining piece in a dangerous conflict involving powerful families, buried secrets, and an inheritance worth killing for.

As forgotten memories begin to resurface and loyalties blur, Tala must decide whether to keep running from her past or confront the people who have treated her life as nothing more than collateral.