A Quiet Kind of Ruin

Lena never meant to see the cracks forming in her mother's engagement. She never meant to see the way Evan's loneliness mirrored her own. And she never meant to become the one person who truly saw him when everything else began to fall apart. The Black Velvet Rose Series explores love where it isn't supposed to exist- relationships shaped by secrecy, power, and the quiet moments that change everything. Trigger Warnings: Age-gap Infidelity Forbidden relationship Sexual tension Sexual content