The Queen of Gilded Shadows

She was once sold to the highest bidder. Now, she belongs to no one.Amberlie Whitmore has survived being bought, desired, betrayed, and remade by powerful men. Now, with Cassian Valerius offering her the security of his name and a future beyond anything she once imagined, she should finally be safe.But safety has never been the same thing as freedom.Because Grayson Thorne has returned to London.Now the Duke of Ashbourne, Grayson is no longer the man Amberlie remembers, but the hunger between them remains dangerously unchanged. One stolen moment is enough to awaken everything she tried to bury, forcing Amberlie to confront the truth she has avoided for too long: choosing between two men means nothing if she has yet to choose herself.Then a trail of secrets leads Amberlie back to the place where it all began.The House of Gilded Shadows.What she uncovers is far darker than the sins hidden behind its velvet doors. Girls are disappearing. Powerful men are being protected. Money, influence, and human lives are traded in the shadows, and the conspiracy reaches into the highest levels of London society.This time, Amberlie refuses to be the woman waiting for Grayson or Cassian to save her. She will gather the evidence. She will face the people who once controlled her. And she will risk everything to destroy the empire that believed a woman like her could never fight back.But some truths cannot be uncovered without reopening old wounds.And when the final secrets are revealed, Amberlie must decide not only whom she loves...but who she intends to become.She entered the shadows as something to be possessed. She will emerge from them a queen.