The Butcher's Empire: The first book in a new dark romance series (The Empire legacy) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798274794299)

Aurelia Sterling meant to cross paths with the man the world fears in silence. She enters Keith Krogen's empire with nothing but instinct and quiet resilience, yet the moment their eyes meet, danger wrapped in elegance, brutality hidden beneath control, her life shifts. He is everything she should run from, yet the only one she cannot walk away from. Pulled into a world carved by power and blood, Aurelia becomes the softness never meant to exist there, the light that shouldn't survive the darkness around him. And when secrets rise, she realizes love here is both a risk and a battlefield. Some loves don't just change you. They cost you.
Keith Krogen was born from ruin, molded by a past carved in violence and silence. Emotion was never meant to belong to him, and peace was never meant for men built from shadows. He learned to rule with control, power, and a heart locked behind iron walls until Aurelia steps into his world. She becomes the softness he never expected, the mistake he refuses to correct, and the one truth strong enough to crack through everything he was taught to be. With danger circling and loyalties shifting, Keith is forced to confront the war within himself. The part that would burn the world for her, and the part that fears he'll ruin her first. He will protect her at any cost. And she may be the only one who can save him from the darkness he's lived all his life.

Author: C. O. Wheel
ISBN-13: 9798274794299
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2025
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d