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A maiden...

Chosen from birth to usher in a new age, Poppy’s life has never been her own. A Maiden’s life is a solitary one. She must never be touched. Never looked at. Never spoken to. Never experienced pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting the evil that took her family, than preparing to be deemed worthy by the gods. But the choice was never hers.

A Duty...

The future of the entire kingdom rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even sure she wants for herself. Because a maiden has a heart. And a soul. And desire. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honored with ensuring her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become entwined with desire and necessity. He incites her rage, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.

A Kingdom...

Abandoned by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to reclaim what it believes is its own through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of the damned looms, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is on the brink of not only losing her heart and being deemed unworthy by the gods, but her life as well, as the blood-soaked threads that hold her world together begin to unravel.

Author: Jennifer L Armentrout