THE BILLIONAIRE AND THE ASSASSIN

In a world where power wears designer suits and secrets hide behind glass towers, Selene Cross is the most lethal name whispered in the underworld. A master assassin is assigned one final hit: eliminate Alexander Voss, a billionaire tech mogul whose groundbreaking AI could upend the balance of global power.To get close, Selene adopts a flawless alias and inserts herself into Voss’s inner circle as a security advisor. But the closer she gets, the harder it becomes to pull the trigger. Voss is not the monster she was told to kill—he’s brilliant, guarded, haunted by loss, and fiercely human. Against her own code, Selene begins to fall for the man she was sent to destroy.As passion ignites, so does danger. Selene’s employers—an invisible syndicate known as Orchid’s Fang—won’t tolerate failure. When her true identity begins to unravel and assassins turn their blades on her, Selene and Alexander must fight for survival, trust, and a future neither of them thought they deserved.Velvet Blade is a pulse-pounding romantic thriller about betrayal, redemption, and the unexpected power of love in a world built on lies.