Elspeth Spindle has a secret — she shares her mind with an ancient, mercurial demon she calls the Nightmare. In the kingdom of Blunder, magic is punishable by death, and Elspeth has spent her whole life hiding. But when a mysterious captain pulls her into a dangerous quest to reunite a scattered deck of magical Providence Cards — the only hope of lifting a killer mist that plagues the land — she has no choice but to follow. The deeper she goes, the harder it becomes to tell where she ends and the Nightmare begins.
Alessandra has a plan: seduce the newly crowned Shadow King, marry him, then kill him and take his throne. She has done it before — no one has ever found the body. But the king is nothing like she expected. He can command shadows and read the whispers of his enemies. And as assassination attempts mount from other quarters, Alessandra finds herself in the impossible position of keeping him alive long enough to be her victim — all while trying not to lose her heart.
Tisaanah was ripped from her homeland as a child and has survived on nothing but wit and a touch of forbidden magic. When she finally buys her freedom, she loses it again almost immediately — this time, to the Orders, the world's most powerful magic wielders. To join their ranks and save the friend she left behind, she must apprentice under Maxantarius Farlione, a reclusive fire wielder with a brutal past and a deep distrust of everything the Orders stand for. Looming war, dark magic, and feelings neither of them can afford.
Kestrel is a general's daughter in an empire built on conquest and slavery. When she buys a slave named Arin on a reckless impulse, she has no idea what she's set in motion. He is not what he seems. She is not as safe as she thinks. Their growing feelings for each other are a liability neither can afford — and a secret that could unravel everything. A story of strategy, rebellion and forbidden love where every move has a price, and loyalty to your heart may cost you everything else.
Lara has one thought as she walks down the aisle on her wedding day: I will bring your kingdom to its knees. Trained from childhood to be a lethal spy, she is sent to infiltrate the Bridge Kingdom — the most strategically powerful place in the world — as its new queen. Her husband Aren is the enemy. Her mission is to destroy him. But the kingdom is not what she was told, and neither is the man she married. And the secrets she uncovers may change everything she thought she knew about loyalty, truth and love.
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only — flowers shrivel at her touch. Living undercover as a mortal journalist in New Athens, she makes a reckless bet at a nightclub with Hades, God of the Dead. The terms are impossible: grow something living in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. But as she descends into his world, she begins to wonder if the real danger isn't the bet — it's the god himself, and the feelings neither of them can afford to have.