The SECRET-KEEPER: Book One of Veil Duology

She can steal anyone's secrets. He is the only man whose secrets she cannot steal.Mara Veyne is a Secret-Keeper, one of the few people who can extract the truth from another person with a touch.When three Secret-Keepers are found dead, Mara is summoned by the Crown Office and given an impossible assignment: uncover the secrets of Lucien Vale, an investigator whose mind is protected by a forbidden form of magic known as Veiling.Lucien knows exactly what Mara is capable of. He also knows what will happen if she gets too close.As their investigation draws them through private clubs, buried archives, clandestine markets, and the hidden machinery of the Crown Office, Mara discovers that the murders are connected to a secret buried more than twenty years ago.A secret Lucien has spent most of his life trying to keep hidden.The closer Mara gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes - not only for the people hunting her, but for the man she is beginning to trust.Because some secrets protect you.Others destroy you.THE SECRET-KEEPER is an adult dark fantasy romance with forbidden magic, a slow-burn romance, an investigative mystery, and a dangerous question at its heart: who gets to decide what another person has the right to know?