Vera Towers

Sophia Langford didn’t build one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical empires by believing in myths—she built it by trusting data, science, and strategy. So when people laugh about her marriage to Ethan Carter—the quiet, cardigan-wearing guy they call useless—she shrugs it off. He’s harmless, right? At least, that’s what she thought. But when her flagship drug gets sabotaged and everything she’s built starts to fall apart, strange things begin to happen. Competitors go silent. Her research miraculously fixes itself. Assassins vanish before they strike. And rumors start flying about a mysterious figure called the Ghost Alchemist—a renegade healer who can twist both science and Qi into something that looks a whole lot like magic. Turns out, Ethan isn’t just a stay-at-home husband. He’s brilliant. He’s lethal. And he’s got secrets Sophia never even imagined. Now, as the lines blur between science and something far stranger, Sophia has to face the truth about her husband—and decide if she’s ready for the world to know who he really is.