House of Bane and Blood

Alexis L. Menard

Book 1 of Vows of Vengeance

In a steampunk-flavored, Peaky Blinders-esque city split between rival magical crime families, heiress Camilla Marchese is forced into a marriage of convenience with Nicolai Attano, the ruthless leader of her family's enemies, to save her syndicate from ruin. As the two newlyweds navigate a tense truce, a string of kidnappings tied to a mysterious figure known as the Collector pulls them deeper into each other's secrets and a citywide conspiracy. Their wary alliance slowly turns into something far more dangerous than either expected, even as old family betrayals threaten to unravel everything.