Velvet Ruin: a Captive Lady, a Ruthless Warlord, and a Fortress of Dangerous Secrets

A desperate bargain.A ruthless warlord.A fortress where loyalty is a weapon and love can be lethal.When Lady Elara Ravencrest is traded to the infamous Kael Blackthorne to save her family, she enters a world of iron gates and colder truths. Shadowmere is more than a prison—it is a nest of spies, assassins, and shifting alliances where every smile hides a strategy.Determined to outwit her captor, Elara plots escape, but Kael proves as intelligent as he is dangerous. Each move draws them into a dangerous dance of power and desire, where trust is a gamble and surrender could mean survival—or ruin.Velvet Ruin is a dark romantic fantasy of political intrigue, slow-burn tension, and a heroine who discovers that the sharpest weapon may be her own mind.