THE QUEENS EMPIRE

10 years later.

Zaria "Zee" Carter didn't just survive college. She inherited a legacy, turned it into an empire, and became the woman everybody knows not to underestimate.

The girl who once fought her way through senior year is long gone. Now, Zaria Carter is a powerful businesswoman with legitimate companies, dangerous connections, and an empire built from everything her father left behind. Her name carries weight in rooms she once could never have entered-and the people investigating her are getting closer to discovering what really happens behind the Carter empire.

Then there's Malik "Kane"Carter.

Ten years after falling in love with Zee, Malik has taken her last name-and stood beside her through every transformation. Their relationship survived secrets, betrayal, danger, and everything that tried to tear them apart. Now they're married, more powerful than ever, and building a life where they answer to nobody but each other.

But an empire this big always attracts enemies.

Old problems return. New enemies emerge. The law starts closing in. And secrets Zee thought were buried forever threaten to destroy everything she worked so hard to build.

Because being a queen isn't about having power.

It's about knowing exactly what to do when someone tries to take it from you.

Zaria Carter built the empire.

Malik Carter chose her name.

Now they're going to defend both.