I pad down the stone stairwell into the cellar. I’ve been waiting for a night like this for months.
Most of the wealthy keep guards on duty, but a few-like Gorst-are so paranoid that they don’t even trust those in their inner circle to be unaccompanied near their vaults. Nevertheless, I scan my surroundings for any sign of him or his staff. The servant door into Creighton Gorst’s manor house swings open. Better to steal than to starve.įrogs sing in the distance, and their chorus nearly covers the satisfying click of the lock releasing. Better to pray to deft fingers, to shadows and camouflage, than to the old gods.
This is a song I’ve rehearsed a thousand times, a hymn I’ve played in my most desperate moments. I slide two hairpins into the lock, my chapped fingers dancing over them like the strings of a viola. These are the hours of spies and thieves. I could revel in the darkness-happily lie under the stars and let the night air unravel my knotted, overworked muscles-but I won’t waste tonight on rest or fleeting pleasure. Read moreĬOOL SHADOWS WASH over my sweaty skin, welcoming me, disguising me. As Brie spends time with their mysterious leader, Finn, she struggles to resist his seductive charm.Ĭaught between two dangerous courts, Brie must decide who to trust with her loyalty. Unwilling to let her heart distract her, she accepts help from a band of Unseelie misfits with their own secret agenda. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential bride for Prince Ronan, and she soon finds herself falling for him. Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back-including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court. Cruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, action-packed fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherous faerie courts and their dangerously seductive princes.īrie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street.
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