★“"On the chessboard of capital, there are no permanent friends—only permanent interests. And from the ruins of those interests, perhaps a flower of trust can still bloom."
A cold-blooded Wall Street game of power meets high-IQ adult romance—a workplace thriller series that sends both your heart rate and adrenaline soaring. Six breathtaking battles of capital intrigue. Six high-stakes players walking the edge of morality.
★“A fresh twist on the "boss romance" trope—hardcore corporate warfare meets adult passion. No more fairy tales of the naive intern and the domineering CEO—this is a clash of equals. The protagonists are executives, legal counsels, CISOs, and PR heads, falling in love and drawing blood across acquisitions, takeover defenses, power struggles, and compliance investigations. Love is the soft spot in the game—and the deadliest weapon.
★“A razor-sharp "tech-driven" thriller where finance, law, and technology collide. The author weaves hardcore business and legal jargon—NDAs, term sheets, risk matrices, zero-trust architecture, SEC investigations, antitrust compliance—seamlessly into a web of murder, mystery, and conspiracy. Readers get a gripping story and a rare glimpse into the inner workings of top-tier capital.
★“A powerful female perspective—no damsels in distress. Six books, six women at the pinnacle of power: CEOs, general counsels, risk officers, PR directors, and CISOs. Smart, ruthless, and fiercely ambitious, they carve their own path through a male-dominated world. They don't need to be saved—they're looking for an equal partner to fight alongside.

This series includes 6 titles:
1. Zero Trust Architecture
2. What the Term Sheet Cost
3. What the Press Release Hid
4. What the Risk Matrix Missed
5. What the Counsel Objected To
6. What the NDA Didn’t Cover

A powerful CEO. A brilliant M&A director. A confidential acquisition—and a line neither can cross without consequences.
Victoria Hayes built her career by questioning the numbers powerful men wanted left alone. When Vanguard Holdings CEO Julian Vance selects her to lead the forensic work on a secret acquisition, she agrees only after negotiating an NDA that protects her career as fiercely as it protects the deal.
Someone inside Vanguard is manipulating the target’s records and feeding information to a rival bidder. Then a blizzard strands Julian and Victoria in a Chicago hotel residence, and the attraction they have kept under control becomes impossible to deny.
One kiss is enough to give the saboteur a weapon. Leaked photographs and manufactured evidence turn Victoria from investigator into suspect. To save the deal—and her own name—she must expose the conspiracy without surrendering the independence she fought to earn.
Julian can protect the company. Victoria can protect herself. But if they want a future together, they will have to build something no contract can guarantee:
Trust between equals.
What the NDA Didn’t Cover is a steamy standalone workplace-romance novella blending forced proximity, corporate suspense, and a fiercely competent heroine.

Savannah R. Veldt
A contemporary suspense and workplace romance indie author focusing on high-concept, high-stakes stories. As an independent publisher active in the overseas digital publishing sector, she has subverted the traditional "domineering CEO meets sweet and innocent girl" formula, incorporating hardcore corporate politics and cold financial intrigue into romance novels, gaining attention for her high-stakes stories involving venture capital, hostile takeovers, and power struggles.