Rose and Ruin

"He needed a wife. She needed freedom. Neither expected to fall into a war built on lies."

At thirty-five, Ekaansh is feared by everyone. A ruthless mafia king, a devoted single father to his eight-year-old daughter, Rhea, and a man haunted by a family mystery that has claimed more than just lives; it has stolen the truth.

At twenty-seven, Jennie Vivienne Kensington has spent her life surrounded by wealth, privilege, and paint-stained canvases. An artist with a heart that dreams in colors, she's forced into a contract marriage with a man whose world is painted only in black.

One year.
One contract.
No love.
No questions.

But the rules begin to shatter when Rhea starts calling Jennie Mom, enemies close in from the shadows, and buried family secrets threaten to destroy everything Ekaansh has built.

As blood stains the past and love blurs the lines between duty and desire, they'll discover that some roses bloom only among ruins...

And some ruins hide the deadliest truth of all.

In a world where loyalty is bought with blood, can love survive the secrets that were never meant to be uncovered?