The Serpent’s Pact: The secret child and fatal safeguard

Book Description – The Serpent’s Pact
By Doris Miller

Lucien Crowhurst built his empire on control, contracts, and consequence. In the boardroom, he is untouchable—an architect of power who never loses. In love, he makes one fatal he believes devotion will be enough.

Seraphine Ashcroft was never meant to be owned. Brilliant, ambitious, and forged by scarcity, she marries Lucien not for romance, but for elevation. What she doesn’t know is that the wealth he places in her hands is not a gift—it is a trap, bound by covenants designed to punish betrayal. When Seraphine’s calculated affair explodes across the public eye, she is certain her power makes her immune.

She is wrong.

Lucien doesn’t rage. He doesn’t beg. He executes. In a single, devastating move, he strips Seraphine of her fortune, her influence, and her future—leaving her with nothing but the one secret she never intended him to discover.

A child.

Born during their marriage. Hidden abroad. And legally, irrevocably, his.

Now bound by law and consequence, Lucien and Seraphine are forced into an inescapable proximity where revenge is no longer clean, love is no longer safe, and power comes with a price neither of them anticipated. As custody battles tighten, secrets surface, and old instincts clash with new responsibilities, the question is no longer who will win—but what will survive.

Dark, ruthless, and emotionally charged, The Serpent’s Pact is a high-stakes billionaire romance where love is a liability, betrayal is strategic, and permanence is the most dangerous outcome of all.

Perfect for readers who
• Dark billionaire romance
• Obsession, betrayal, and revenge
• Secret child & forced proximity
• Psychological tension and power dynamics
• Ice-cold heroes and morally complex heroines

Once the pact is made, there is no escape.