Velvet Blades

Love soft as velvet. Betrayal sharp as a blade. Amara DeLuca has been raised to survive in a world where power is blood-bought and loyalty is a fragile illusion. But when her father the formidable head of the DeLuca crime family is assassinated, Amara is left exposed, vulnerable… and dangerously valuable. Lorenzo Moretti doesn’t believe in accidents. Cold, relentless, and haunted by his own scars, he's tasked with securing Amara whether she comes willingly or not. Their marriage is meant to be a strategy. A temporary truce between rival empires. But from the moment their eyes meet, the game changes. Every stolen glance is a war. Every forbidden touch is a surrender. And every secret they share is a weapon that could destroy them both. As bullets fly and empires crumble, Amara and Lorenzo must face the ultimate choice: fight for the legacy that’s already written in blood, or risk everything for a love that was never meant to exist. In a world where even love is a deadly weapon, can two enemies survive their own hearts?