Auren has broken free from a gilded cage and must embrace the dangerous brilliance of her power—even if it means standing beside the ruthless Slade Ravinger, becoming the villains the world fears. Amidst warring kingdoms and shifting alliances, she will rise, fight, and refuse ever to be used again.
For ten years she’s been a gilded trophy, trapped within King Midas’s golden palace—until one night shatters her gilded existence. Now a pawn in an advancing army, she finds herself bound to the fearsome Commander Rip, a brutal fae whose onyx stare ensnares her in a way few things ever could. In a game of power where allies can betray and love feels like a trap, freedom may prove more elusive than ever.
Auren, once gilded and imprisoned by King Midas, has shed her chains—yet from the shadows of her repression something dark and furious blooms. Surrounded by betrayal in a strange kingdom, she must navigate treacherous power games and one dangerously seductive king, all while engineering her own freedom and risking her heart in the process.
Auren was rescued from a brutal past and gilded in gold by King Midas, forever trapped within the luminous walls of his castle—his prized possession, safe yet imprisoned. As war and a fateful bargain shatter her illusions, she must confront the gilded cage that binds her heart and question whether freedom might be more dangerous than safety.
Emelle, a cynical cupid condemned to the Veil for her awful matchmaking, suddenly finds herself exiled into a physical body—and stranded on an island with three swoon-worthy fae princes. As she grapples with newfound desire, witty banter, and the chaos of reverse-harem romance, she just might finally learn what it’s like to be loved in return.