Sworn in Deceit
Victoria Lum
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· 5 ratings · 399 pages · Published: 06 Mar 2026
Elias Kent is Chicago’s most dangerous fixer—a man who plays chess with human lives and always wins. Beneath St. Michael’s Cathedral, in the catacombs hidden under the city, he lives for one thing: revenge against the secret criminal empire known as The Association.
Lana Anderson was supposed to be leverage—until the enemy closes in. Elias makes an impossible bargain: an arranged marriage that will shield her old-money family…and buy him access to the inner circle.
Lana thinks Elias is the villain who betrayed her world. She vows she’ll survive his cage long enough to destroy him.
He swears he hates her—until obsession becomes an insatiable hunger he refuses to feed. Instead, he watches her. Controls the rooms she enters. Keeps distance like it’s a weapon…because the moment he touches her, she becomes his weakness—and weakness can get them killed.
Then Lana finds the clues he never meant her to see—and realizes the man she married is hiding more than secrets.
With danger closing in and the city igniting, Elias must choose: vengeance…or love.
In a city built on secrets, falling for your enemy is the deadliest vow of all.
For fans of Peaky Blinders grit, Phantom of the Opera obsession, and Ocean’s Eleven schemes—with angst, spice, and sharp twists.
Tropes in Sworn in Deceit:
Enemies to Lovers • Arranged Marriage/Marriage of Convenience • Forced Proximity • Grumpy Sunshine • “My Wife” • Obsessed Hero • Secret Society • Mafia/Organized Crime • Morally Gray Billionaires • Found Family • Touch Her and Regret It • Secret Identities • Masked Men • Heist Crew Energy
WELCOME TO THE ANTIHERO SYNDICATE
Six men. One brotherhood. One vow: no mercy.
Each book is a standalone dark romance with an HEA and an overarching war against The Association.
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