A widow marked for death. A soldier who walks in shadows. A secret society carved into her family’s bloodline. London, 1897. When Elena D’Arcy attends a masked ball to reclaim a semblance of her former life, she never expects to witness a man collapse at her feet—poisoned, clutching a handkerchief embroidered with a crimson sigil she has never seen before. Or so she thinks. When she crosses paths again with Adrian Vale, a soldier bound for overseas duty and a man haunted by ghosts he refuses to name, their connection burns hotter than propriety allows. But desire is a dangerous thing in a city where everyone wears a mask—some of iron, some of flesh, and some of legacy. After a brutal fire that claims lives and turns the chapel beneath her family estate to ash, Elena realizes that the attack was no accident. She is being hunted. Not for what she has done… but for who she is. And the Order that hunts her has existed for generations. With only a disillusioned detective at her side and questions that cut deeper than the wounds she carries, Elena is forced to confront the truth: her father and husband were never victims of circumstance—they were part of something far darker. As forbidden passion blooms and the past claws its way to the surface, the Order tightens its noose. And when a final letter arrives—stained in crimson wax, sealed with Adrian’s insignia—Elena discovers that the greatest betrayal is still ahead. “I’ve found the truth. It wasn’t your husband they wanted dead— it was you.” For fans of gothic mansions, secret societies, haunting romance, and slow-burning danger, The Scarlet Order is the first book in the Veiled Legacy Trilogy , where every answer demands a sacrifice, and every legacy hides a cost.