Before Adrian Died

She believes he murdered the brother she loved.

He has spent years loving the woman who hates him.

Seraphina Vale has every reason to hate Damian Moretti. He is ruthless, dangerously powerful, and the last man she would ever choose to marry. But when her father's death leaves the Vale empire on the brink of collapse, Damian makes her an offer she cannot refuse: one marriage, one bargain, a lifetime bound to the man she despises.

Seraphina agrees, not because she trusts him, but because she intends to uncover his secrets, tear down his empire from within, and finally get justice for Adrian.

There is just one problem. Damian has wanted her for years, and he knows more about her brother's death than he is willing to admit.

As their marriage becomes a dangerous game of temptation, jealousy and power, cracks appear in the story she has believed for so long. Then a long-buried family secret threatens to change everything she knows about her family, her husband and the brother whose death brought them together.

In a world where loyalty is bought with blood and love can be the deadliest weakness, Seraphina must decide what is more dangerous: trusting the man she hates, or uncovering the truth he has spent years hiding.

Because some secrets are worth killing for. And some truths should have stayed buried long before Adrian died.