Scarlett Vale writes dark contemporary romance for women who crave obsession, danger plus devastating love. Her debut series The Marchetti Dynasty pairs the elegance of Penelope Douglas with the cinematic intensity of Ana Huang. She lives in Amsterdam with one black cat plus a small careful collection of vintage fountain pens. When she is not writing she is reading every BookTok dark romance she can find, drinking espresso the way her late grandmother taught her in 2007, plus listening to old Sicilian music on Sundays at noon. Cruel Vow is the first book in a four book series. Cruel King follows in 2027.