Signed in Smoke

By Lalani K Grant

He offered protection. Something else answered.

Brianna Moore thought danger had a face-until it came dressed as "wellness."
When a luxury retreat called Edenwake starts circling her life with gifts, invitations, and pressure that feels too personal, Brianna turns to the one man who moves like he already knows the ending.

Taj Kyren is a fixer in black-precise, controlled, and terrifyingly calm. He offers Brianna safety the way other men offer temptation: with terms, boundaries, and a contract built on consent. But the closer she gets, the clearer the truth becomes-

The threat isn't Taj.
It's what's attached to him.

As Brianna's world narrows-job, church, community-Edenwake tightens its grip with "care" that behaves like control. And when Brianna learns the real power in her bloodline is tied to names, cords, and binding architecture, she has one choice left:

Say her true name... and decide who the smoke signs for.

A dark, twisty thriller-romance with magic, consent-first heat, and a love that doesn't require secrecy to feel dangerous.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKVLKQWG
• ISBN13: 9798245931944
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"