Emeralds

They call me a threat.  

A manipulator. A man who doesn’t care who he breaks on the way to power.

They’re not wrong.

I’ve spent my career reshaping the UK’s balance of power—undermining Scottish independence, manipulating governments, and taking the monarchy apart piece by piece. Every lie I told, every alliance I broke, got me closer to control.

And then Blair walked into my war.

She was supposed to be a symbol. A pretty puppet. But she’s become the heir, the storm, the centre of everything. I’ve touched her, lied to her, protected her. I’ve fallen for her in the exact way I swore I never would.

But she’s not the only one I want.

Ben—her bodyguard, my rival, our other. He’s missing. Disappeared in the chaos at the end of it all. Blair is spiralling. Searching. Grieving.

And I’m lying to her.

Because I know more than she does. About Ben. About what happened. About what’s coming.

Keeping the truth from her is the only way to hold what’s left of this fractured kingdom together. But every hour that passes, the space between us grows sharper. Colder. More dangerous.

Scotland is burning.  

The monarchy is crumbling.  

And I’m about to lose the only people who’ve ever made me want to stop running.

But I won’t go down quietly.  

And I don’t plan to go down alone.

Emeralds is Book Three in the Tarnished Crowns trilogy: an MMF royal dark romance set in an independent Scotland. It’s the explosive finale of a story about power, betrayal, legacy, and the kind of love that isn’t safe—but is always worth the cost.