The Key to His Ruin

The executioner’s blade was already falling when Mara Voss cracked open the forbidden cell—and Julian Rook’s blood splashed across her hands. Then her heart slammed against his, and every beat became the difference between his life and death. Julian is the doomed heir of the dynasty that rules the city, and he knows what happened to Mara’s missing brother. He was supposed to be her enemy, but his touch sends shared pain blazing through her body—and the secrets he refuses to reveal pull her closer than any chain. Hunted through a gaslamp city where magical contracts are collapsing, Mara discovers her brother left behind a key that can rewrite every vow. To save Julian, find the traitor behind the chaos, and remain free, must Mara unlock the final contract—or sacrifice her own heart to the man who may have caused it all?