The Somber Bloom's Gambit

In her first life, Lidia Orlowska was the most celebrated perfumer of her generation, the secret architect behind the global luxury brand Aurelian. Her reward for a lifetime of loyalty? A slow, untraceable poison administered by a trusted colleague. Now, reborn as the overlooked daughter of a minor noble house, Lidia has one goal: vengeance. Her chance comes in the form of a marriage proposal from Lucian Jaskorski, the enigmatic heir to a rival conglomerate. The marriage is a shield for them both - for him, a cover as he investigates the deep-rooted corruption within his own family; for her, a foothold back into the world that stole her life's work. Armed with her past life's knowledge of scents, chemicals, and the subtle poisons of high society, Lidia begins to dismantle the Jaskorski dynasty from within. But as she and Lucian work in a silent, unspoken alliance, she uncovers a horrifying truth: the poison that ended her first life and the rot festering in Lucian's family may share the same source. Can she expose the truth without destroying the one person who has come to see her for who she truly is?