Length5h 8m
About this audiobook
Beautiful Malice is Book 1 of The Gilded Ruins Duet, a dark, post–WWI sci‑fi billionaire romance about revenge, betrayal, and a love that explodes right before everything is destroyed.
Ruthless industrial tycoon Elias Thorne enters Maya Sterling’s crumbling neural‑tech empire under a fake identity, determined to annihilate her powerful family from the inside as payback for what they did to his own. When he forces her to an isolated, high-tech Glass Fortress in the Alps to “save” her company, their enemies‑to‑lovers chemistry ignites into a slow-burn blaze of tension, banter, and forbidden attraction. Maya, brilliant and underestimated, has no idea the man she’s falling for is the architect of her ruin.
On the night they finally surrender to their feelings, the trap silently springs: by morning, Maya’s family empire has been gutted and sold off, and a hidden dossier exposes Elias’s true identity and long con. Heartbroken and furious, she walks away, leaving him alone with his hollow victory—and setting up the massive grovel and redemption arc in Book 2, Beautiful Penance.
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length5 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1About the Author
2The Ruins of London
3Opening Hook: A Grand Charity Gala
4Elias's Calculated Entrance
5The Sterling Legacy
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6An Offer with Strings
7Conclusion: Dangerous Alliance Begins
8The Glass Fortress
9Opening Hook: Journey to the Alps
10Fortress of Isolation
11Maya's New World
12The Neural-Tech Prototype
13Conclusion: Tensions Rise
14Lines Blur
15Opening Hook: A Shared Moment
16Enemy or Ally?
17Cracks in the Armor
18Intellectual Sparring
19Conclusion: A Fragile Truce
20Secrets and Shadows
21Opening Hook: A Mysterious Figure
22Dr. Laurent Voss's Agenda
23Elias's Dilemma
24Maya's Intuition
25Conclusion: Seeds of Betrayal
26The Dance of Deception
27Opening Hook: A Masquerade Ball
28Masks and Mirrors
29Unspoken Desires
30A Slip of Truth
31Conclusion: Stakes Grow Higher
32Passion and Betrayal
33Opening Hook: A Night of Passion
34The Affair
35Elias's Confession
36Maya's Realization
37Conclusion: Empire Crumbles
38The Fall of Sterling
39Opening Hook: Family's Downfall
40Dr. Voss's Gambit
41Maya's Desperation
42Elias's Regret
43Conclusion: Maya's Departure
44Confrontation in the Alps
45Opening Hook: A Storm Brews
46The Final Showdown
47Holograms of the Past
48A Heart Laid Bare
49Conclusion: Maya's Decision
50Redemption and Reflection
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