The Velvet Safe Word
She caught him stealing the one ledger she already planned to weaponize. In the velvet dark of an elite private club, crisis negotiator Valentina Saye and ex-intelligence fixer Darius Kade should have ended each other. Instead, a watching republic of blackmailers forces them into a public love affair neither can afford—and a private bargain neither can fake. To burn the network that trades in secrets and flesh, they will negotiate a safe word, stage desire under live cameras, and learn the difference between protection and possession. Explicit, dangerous, and consent-sharp, The Velvet Safe Word launches The Velvet Republic: where every alliance is leverage, and surrender only matters when it is freely chosen. Free sample available.