Between Sin and Ruin: A Dark Betrayal Romance (Ruinous Duet)

By: SS Rayne

In the Dominion, marriage was never about love.
It was about power, loyalty, and survival.

I knew that when I said my vows.

So I became exactly what my new husband needed. The kind of wife a man like Alaric Kostas could put beside his throne and never question.

I let him build a world around me that looked like devotion and felt like a fairytale. A gilded cage so beautiful, I almost forgot it was one until I saw what I was never meant to see, and the illusion shattered.

That was the night I stopped being his perfect wife.

The night I decided I would become the woman who walked out of his empire-and watched him tear it apart trying to drag me back to where he thought I belonged.

Author's Note
This is a dark romance exploring themes of power, control, and betrayal, including one instance of infidelity. This is a duet. The central couple's HEA unfolds in Book Two.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H15MKNNZ
• ISBN13: 9798196170454
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"