The Night at Ascot: A Forbidden Affair Under Royal Lights

When Clara Ashbourne returns to Ascot under a false name, she carries more than her father’s scandal she carries his unfinished fight. Years ago, a powerful family ruined their legacy. Now she’s back to reclaim it, one race at a time. But crossing paths with Lord Adrian Hawthorne, heir to that same dynasty, makes forgetting the past impossible.

Adrian has lived with the weight of privilege and the cost of silence. He knows exactly what his family buried to stay untouchable. When he recognizes the daughter of the man they destroyed, he should walk away. Instead, her defiance draws him in, until desire feels as dangerous as truth.

Under Ascot’s royal lights, rivalry turns intimate and secrets slip through the cracks. Every touch risks exposure, every truth tightens the noose around them both.

When love becomes the most perilous race of all, who crosses the finish line unbroken?

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Each book in the Dark Reins series stands alone, revealing a new scandal born beneath the lights of a different legendary racetrack.

In the high-stakes world of international horse racing, every stride hides a secret and every win comes with a cost. From London’s royal circuits to the burning tracks of Dubai, power and desire race neck and neck beneath the roar of the crowd. Behind the silks and champagne lies something darker ambition laced with lust, loyalty tested by greed.

Dark Reins pulls back the curtain on the affairs and rivalries of those who live for victory and fall to temptation.

How far will they ride before the darkness takes the reins?

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