Black Orchids Cry Gold

Power is inherited. Silence is enforced. Gold rooms always come at a cost.Sadira Abadi was raised to survive beautiful rooms and dangerous people.As the daughter of one of Los Angeles's most powerful legacy families, she has spent her life obeying the rules of the Velvet Table-an elite secret society where loyalty is everything and betrayal is never forgotten.When the Table's leader dies, the balance of power begins to fracture, pulling Sadira into a dangerous struggle for control. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Dominick Nerano, the Table's new Fourth Throne, she must navigate a world of corruption, betrayal, and shifting loyalties, where every relationship has a price and every secret is worth killing to protect.Everyone wants control. Everyone has something to hide. And no alliance is safe.Black Orchids Cry Gold is Book One of The Velvet Table Series. This is a blend of secret society crime fiction with a romance subplot, that has psychological and political themes with a hint of noir.Take a seat at The Table. Disclaimer: This is a long arc, slow-burn romance subplot, that will not have a HFN/HEA until the last book in the series. This book was written by a human.