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She was never supposed to enter his world. He was never supposed to let her become his weakness.Clara Bennett is only meant to serve champagne at an exclusive New York gallery event—until she finds a hidden file linking her late father to a missing painting, a vanished woman, and the ruthless Vale family.Then Damien Vale sees her.Powerful, controlled, dangerously magnetic, Damien is the billionaire heir to a private empire built on art, secrets, and silence. He offers Clara a contract: seven days in his world, access to the truth about her father, and protection from the people who have just taken her mother.But Damien’s protection comes with rules.No lies.No touching.No personal attachment.Rules are easy to write.Much harder to obey.As Clara is pulled deeper into locked archives, hidden rooms, stolen masterpieces, and the dark history of the Vale family, desire becomes as dangerous as the truth. Damien wants control because control is the only thing that has ever kept him alive. Clara wants answers—but she refuses to become another possession in a rich man’s collection.When the past begins to unravel, Clara must decide how far she is willing to go for the truth… and whether the man who could destroy her is also the only one willing to let her choose her own freedom.The Velvet Contract is Book One in a luxury dark romance series filled with forbidden desire, billionaire power, family secrets, emotional tension, stolen art, and slow-burn sensual heat. Read more
