Secrets of the Archive (Forbidden Empires #10)

Some secrets are buried in the archives for a reason. Some men will do anything to keep them there.

At prestigious Whitmore University, cryptography prodigy Ashley Blake prefers the quiet company of restricted archives to her peers.But when her brilliant mind detects a century-old cipher hidden in the margins of a forgotten library book, she unwittingly uncovers a deadly institutional cover-up—and walks straight into a trap.

She is immediately intercepted by the Midnight Guild, a ruthless secret society that rules the university from the shadows.To ensure her silence, Ashley is forced into a restrictive contract and bound to Veilmoor Hall, where she is placed under the constant watch of three dangerous, captivating men:

Simon, the coldly controlled heir to the Guild who commands every room he enters.Lysander, a brilliant, sharply attentive scholar whose mind rivals her own.Lucian, the Guild’s lethal, scarred enforcer who speaks with his fists but fiercely protects what is his.

They were supposed to be her captors. But as Ashley dives deeper into the encrypted mystery of a scholarship student who vanished decades ago, the lines between captor and captive begin to blur.The closer she gets to cracking the code, the more these three formidable men stand between her and the society’s corrupt leaders.

Ashley has never believed in making impossible choices. When the Midnight Guild threatens to destroy her, she won’t just crack their codes and burn their corrupt empire to the ground. She will take their three most powerful heirs for herself.

Secrets of the Archive is a high-heat, dark academia reverse harem romance packed with suspense, mystery, and three possessive men who will risk everything for their woman.