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Nona Grey, a blood‑stained nine‑year‑old, is taken to the Convent of Sweet Mercy where girls are trained as deadly religious warriors. Under Abbess Glass she learns sword, mystic power, and confronts her violent past amid a crumbling empire.

When an emperor is assassinated, his children must survive, seek vengeance, and follow divergent paths: one to monastic solitude, another to elite warfare, and a third to political leadership.

Jorg Ancrath, young king of the Broken Empire, seeks to conquer the seven nations but must confront a feared necromancer known as the Dead King.

On a secluded island, novelist Parker Evans lives under an assumed identity, guarding his secrets. Publisher Maris Matherly‑Reed pursues him, but her newfound obsession threatens a lifelong commitment she cannot ignore.

Narrated by Eddie, the novel follows a chilling chalk drawing that forces him back to a childhood game from 30 years ago that tragically went wrong—and threatens to repeat itself.

Prince Phillip feels his life bound by destiny, but a burst of magic and a prophetic meeting with fairies give him a chance to break free. As he fights to defeat Maleficent, dreams of Briar Rose reveal a shared fate that may change everything.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the thrilling sequel in the Consequences series: Truth, a game of deception, intrigue, and conspiracy where losing can be deadly. Claire survived the consequences. Through strength and compartmentalization, Claire Nichols captivated her captor. Though Anthony Rawlings thought he taught Claire to behave, his domination became desire, and his obsession morphed into love. Or was it? When her choices pushed Anthony's relentless vendetta too far, Claire barely survived the consequences. Discover the truth. Now, armed with new information and more questions than answers, Claire works to uncover the truth behind the dangerous game at play. As she begins anew, she must decide whom she can truly trust, especially with a new set of players on the move. New set of rules. With everything to lose and a manipulative game master controlling the board, Claire and Tony duel by a new set of rules. When thrust together once again, can they learn to trust each other to overcome new dangers? Or will this be Tony's second attempt at domination? Can Claire resist the man she'd never before been able to resist? Hatred and love. Deception and truth. Old habits and new beginnings. As this real-life game of chess plays out, past sins will come to light and new secrets will be revealed. With so much riding on each move, the stakes have never been higher. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The trick is to discover them. - Galileo