Reborn as the villain’s secret lover

She died knowing the man she loved had betrayed her. She woke up realizing… he might be the only one who ever tried to save her. Maria Smith was just another modern woman smart, sharp-tongued, and scarred by betrayal. Until the night she was murdered. But death wasn’t the end. She awakens in the body of Lady Seraphina, a noblewoman in a mysterious empire where power means survival and secrets can kill. Worse, she’s now entangled with Vincent Blackthorne: feared duke, rumored villain… and the man Seraphina is secretly involved with. Everyone says he’s dangerous. Ruthless. A monster cloaked in charm. But when fragments of her past begin to resurface memories of the fire, the betrayal, the truth Maria realizes her death in the modern world wasn’t random. Someone wanted her silenced. And Vincent… might have been the only one who tried to stop it. Now, caught between two lives, Maria must navigate political plots, deadly lies, and a love that shouldn’t exist. Because falling for the villain again might not just break her heart… It might kill her.