She was the deal he never meant to keep… and the weakness he never saw coming.
Quiet. Careful. Invisible.
Leila survives by being small, by never drawing attention.
Never needing anyone, never giving the world a reason to look too closely.
One wrong step could cost her everything.
Then Tariq Al-Mansour notices her.
Ruthless. Controlled. Untouchable.
Tariq built his empire with his own hands and a heart made of steel.
He doesn’t do love. He doesn’t do messy.
And he definitely doesn’t do vulnerability—because vulnerability is how you lose.
A sudden threat forces him into an arrangement he never wanted'' and a woman he never expected.
He needs leverage no one can touch. A secret no one can predict.
He chooses Leila.
One contract.
One set of terms she should run from.
Except Tariq doesn’t play pretend. He plays possession.
He pulls her into his world of luxury and security.
He tells himself it’s strategy—until his hands linger too long.
His control slips too fast, and the deal turns into obsession.
Leila never planned to crave him.
Never planned to trust him.
Never planned to fall.
But secrets don’t stay buried.
The night she disappears,
And Tariq understands one truth:
She was never just a contract… and he may have already run out of time.
Heir of Inheritance is a steamy dark romance and Book 1 in the Empire of Heirs series. But can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Quiet. Careful. Invisible.
Leila survives by being small, by never drawing attention.
Never needing anyone, never giving the world a reason to look too closely.
One wrong step could cost her everything.
Then Tariq Al-Mansour notices her.
Ruthless. Controlled. Untouchable.
Tariq built his empire with his own hands and a heart made of steel.
He doesn’t do love. He doesn’t do messy.
And he definitely doesn’t do vulnerability—because vulnerability is how you lose.
A sudden threat forces him into an arrangement he never wanted'' and a woman he never expected.
He needs leverage no one can touch. A secret no one can predict.
He chooses Leila.
One contract.
One set of terms she should run from.
Except Tariq doesn’t play pretend. He plays possession.
He pulls her into his world of luxury and security.
He tells himself it’s strategy—until his hands linger too long.
His control slips too fast, and the deal turns into obsession.
Leila never planned to crave him.
Never planned to trust him.
Never planned to fall.
But secrets don’t stay buried.
The night she disappears,
And Tariq understands one truth:
She was never just a contract… and he may have already run out of time.
Heir of Inheritance is a steamy dark romance and Book 1 in the Empire of Heirs series. But can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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