BLOOD BEFORE VOWS: BOOK ONE: 1

Anaya Beaumont was raised to inherit power, but never to control her own future.When her father arranges her marriage to Nasir "Knox" Calloway, the feared heir to a powerful crime family, Anaya becomes the key to uniting two dangerous empires. Knox does not want a bride chosen for him, and Anaya refuses to become another asset traded between powerful men.Then Knox's cousin is murdered days before the wedding.Convinced the attack came from inside one of their families, Knox enters New Orleans searching for answers. Every clue leads him deeper into Anaya's world-and closer to the woman he was determined not to want. Their attraction is immediate, volatile, and impossible to ignore, but trust is dangerous when everyone around them is hiding something.Anaya's secret lover knows more about the murder than he admits. Her family's loyal men may be working for the enemy. And an old organization known as Crown has been manipulating their bloodlines, marriages, and inheritances for generations.As betrayal closes in, Anaya and Knox must decide whether their arranged marriage will make them pawns-or the most dangerous alliance Crown has ever created.Because someone wants Knox dead.Someone wants Anaya alone.And the truth behind their families could ignite a war no vow can stop.In a world where love is leverage and loyalty is paid for in blood, Anaya and Knox will have to choose each other before everyone else chooses for them.