A Kingdom of Lies: Dark Billionaire Second-Chance Romance

Clara Bennett came back to stop a waterfront empire from erasing the city she loved. She did not expect the man behind the project to be Sebastian Rourke - the former fiance who once chose his family's power over the truth. Kingdom Quay should have been a redevelopment fight. Instead, Clara uncovers hidden infrastructure tied to Project Janus, the clandestine system connecting six billionaire families through secrets, predictive surveillance, and old emergency powers nobody was supposed to remember. Sebastian has spent years convincing himself that the worst thing he ever did was lose Clara. He was wrong. When evidence proves he buried a planning objection that could have exposed the first Janus layer while they were still engaged, winning her back becomes the least important consequence he faces. To stop the project, Sebastian must dismantle the very structure that made him powerful. Clara must decide whether a man can become trustworthy after finally surrendering the leverage that once protected him. Their history is unfinished. Their enemies know it. And this time, love will not be enough unless the power between them changes too. A Kingdom of Lies is Book 4 in The Sable Consortium, an interconnected dark billionaire romantic-suspense series. Each book follows a different couple to a complete romantic resolution while the Project Janus conspiracy escalates across the series.