In a world rebuilt on obedience and genetic engineering, Aster's entire purpose is to serve a king who is more monster than man. Until one small, quiet moment between them threatens to bring the entire regime crashing down?

Readers call it Beauty and the Beast swallowed whole by The Handmaid's Tale. Dark, gripping, and impossible to put down.

Dahlia was raised to soothe, accompany, and ask nothing for herself, until her best friend dies in childbirth and she finds herself on the run through a war-torn world with a regime baby and a name.

Lagos is a seven-foot tattooed rogue who kills without hesitation and finds her softness deeply inconvenient.

But, he guards her like she's the only thing worth protecting in a world, so why is he also the most dangerous thing she's ever run toward?

Tuscany has been carved into a queen since she was ten years old, her body, her mind, and her future all belonging to the regime.

The only warmth in her entire world is the silent, seven-foot guardian standing watch outside her door every night.

Readers say it's horrifically tragic and achingly healing in the same breath, the kind of forbidden love story that makes you feel every single thing whether you want to or not...