A marriage built on silence. A truth preserved in blood. Elara knows exactly what her marriage to Dante Vance is: a transaction. He is the Chief Strategist for the state's most powerful Governor-a man known for his ruthlessness and his silence. She is the quiet, "eccentric" daughter of a wealthy donor, expected to be a decorative prop in his sterile mansion. But Elara has a secret life. In the solitude of her conservatory, she preserves the dead. She is a taxidermist, a woman who understands that the only way to keep something beautiful is to hollow it out and wire it shut. When a ghost from Dante's past resurfaces-a girl who burned five years ago-the walls of their polite arrangement begin to crumble. A blackmailer threatens to expose a conspiracy that goes to the very top of the administration, and Dante is the target. Suddenly, the cold stranger across the dinner table is the only person standing between Elara and a bullet. As the threats escalate from whispers to hit squads, Elara must decide: will she remain a passive observer, or will she pick up her scalpel and cut out the rot? Dante Vance thought he married a trophy. He's about to find out he married an accomplice. Perfect for fans of Daphne du Maurier's atmosphere and Gillian Flynn's sharp edges, Silent Vows is a dark, twisting romantic thriller about the lengths we go to preserve the things we love.