Author: Alina Smith

Series: The House of Vale — Book One

Nia Monroe buried her mother twelve years ago. So somebody at Vale & Sons is going to explain why another woman has arrived under her mother’s name.

She wasn’t expecting that somebody to be Malachi Vale.

Malachi has just buried his father, and everyone expects him to hold the family and its businesses together. He knows how to handle demanding clients, difficult deals, and three brothers who never make anything easy. Explaining the death certificate Nia pushes across his table is another matter.

Twelve years ago, they spent a summer getting close without following through. Now the attraction is harder to ignore, and neither of them has forgotten what almost happened. Nia likes the man Malachi has become. She just isn’t about to let him run her life.

As they search for answers, a woman’s death exposes connections between their families that neither was supposed to discover. People they love know more than they’re saying, and somebody is willing to do more than lie to keep the past buried.

With his brothers beside him and Nia refusing to be pushed aside, Malachi has to face what protecting his family really means when the woman he wants deserves a truth that could hurt them all.

Bury Me With His Lies begins The House of Vale Series with grown Black romance, family drama, sharp humor, and suspense.

Book One of a planned four-book series. Read in order. Ends with a cliffhanger.