The Velvet Scars

<p><em><strong>She lied to protect her heart.</strong></em><br><em><strong>He lied to protect his name.</strong></em><br><em><strong>But when love returns dressed as betrayal no secret stays stitched forever.</strong></em></p><p>When the world wakes to billionaire Ethan Blackwell's engagement to another woman Isabella Cruz swears she's finished with him-and with believing in happy endings. But when a brass key from her mother's sewing kit leads her to Milan she uncovers <em>Project Midnight</em>-a mysterious fabric that listens remembers and betrays. The deeper she searches the closer the truth leads back to Ethan's empire...and to the love she thought she'd buried.</p><p>Now Isabella must navigate a storm of secrets fashion-world feuds and whispers powerful enough to destroy reputations-and hearts. Meanwhile Ethan fights his own war between duty and desire bound by lies that could cost him everything.</p><p>From the cobblestone streets of Rome to the glowing runways of Milan <em><strong>The Bride Who Lied</strong></em> is a story of passion betrayal and the kind of love that refuses to die quietly.</p><p>Because sometimes the heart doesn't break-it remembers.<br>And every scar tells a story.</p>