Novels by EL

Investigative journalist Elena Cross has spent eleven months following a trail of suspicious corporations, secret payments, and government contracts that all seem to lead to one man: Adrian Vale, a ruthless billionaire whose influence reaches far beyond his business empire. To Elena, Adrian is the perfect villain—a powerful man hiding behind wealth, charm, and an immaculate reputation. Then, on the eve of publishing her investigation, Adrian confronts her with a devastating claim: She has been investigating the wrong man. Adrian reveals that the mysterious organization Elena calls the Covenant was created by his late father—a secret network built to manipulate businesses, political influence, and powerful institutions from the shadows. Adrian inherited the empire but has spent years secretly trying to dismantle the organization from within. He needs Elena's investigation. She needs access to his secrets. Neither trusts the other. Forced into a thirty-day alliance, the fiercely independent journalist and the dangerously controlled billionaire begin uncovering a conspiracy neither could have imagined. But as they work together, suspicion slowly gives way to reluctant respect—and an attraction neither is prepared to acknowledge. Then Elena discovers something that changes everything. Her missing mother, Claire Cross, was once investigating the Covenant alongside Adrian's father. And Adrian knows more about Claire's disappearance than he has admitted. As enemies close in and carefully buried secrets begin resurfacing, Elena must decide whether Adrian is the man who can help her uncover the truth... or the most dangerous lie she has ever believed. Because the deeper she falls for him, the harder it becomes to separate the man she desires from the man she may have to destroy. And somewhere in the shadows, the Covenant is waiting for them to make one fatal mistake.

He doesn’t want my heart. He wants my submission. But in the dark, they feel exactly the same. ​To the world, Julian Vance is a visionary—a reclusive, billionaire architect whose towering glass monoliths reshape city skylines. To the criminal underworld, he is the Architect of Ruin, the master strategist who designs inescapable underground vaults and flawless heist routes for the highest bidder. ​Clara Rossi is a brilliant conservator tasked with restoring Julian’s ancestral estate. She is looking for hidden history; instead, she uncovers an encrypted ledger that details decades of blood money. Before she can flee, the heavy steel doors seal shut. ​Julian doesn’t kill her. That would be too simple. Instead, he traps her in his gilded cage, offering an impossible ultimatum: sign a contract to become his wife and silent accomplice for one year, or watch everyone she loves vanish from the face of the earth. As Clara enters Julian's world of shadows and luxury, the lines between her terror and her desire begin to blur. She vowed to find his weakness and destroy him—but she didn't count on his darkest design being her own undoing.