She wasn’t his to claim. She was just part of the deal… until she wasn’t.

Traded, the fifth chilling installment in the Blood Ties series by A.K. Rose, is a blisteringly intense dark romance that doesn’t pull punches. It’s brutal. It’s raw. It’s about power, survival, and the terrifying kind of love that grows in the darkest corners of captivity.

She was currency—traded like a token in a dangerous game of power and blood. He’s the man she was given to. Cold. Ruthless. Bound by loyalty and soaked in violence. Their relationship begins not with romance, but with rules. She’s supposed to obey. He’s expected to dominate. But something in her defiance unsettles him. And something in his quiet fury speaks to a part of her she thought was long dead.

They weren’t supposed to feel. They weren’t supposed to care. But behind closed doors, masks crack, and hearts betray their owners.

As the criminal underworld’s chaos closes in, choices become brutal. Loyalties blur. And what started as a transaction turns into a war between who they were and who they’re becoming—for each other.

A.K. Rose masterfully delivers a twisted, slow-burn romance where darkness meets vulnerability, and love claws its way out of the ashes of control and pain. This book is for readers who crave stories that are dangerous, seductive, and unforgettably human.

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