Pretty girls wear dresses. I wear hoodies and secrets. Like the fact that I sleep with my best friend’s brother—for money. No one can know. Not Macey, my best friend. Not Audrey, his girlfriend. I’m Samantha, and I’m not the kind of girl you bring home. But I’m the one he keeps coming back to.

Everyone says fate chooses who you love. But Venustas has always known who she’d marry—Prince Roman, the queen’s only son. She’s seen it in her dreams, again and again. But everything changes when her sister Leah dies during the Aramis Festival, a deadly game where people fight for power and glory. Leah reached the top of the mountain—but never came back down. Now, Venustas is done waiting for fate. She joins the next festival, not just to win—but to uncover the truth and take revenge on the boy she believes killed her sister. Eddie isn’t who he says he is. He’s the queen’s hidden son. And maybe—just maybe—he’s the prince from Venustas's dreams. In a world divided by blood, power, and secrets, Venustas must survive the games, choose between two brothers, and decide who she really is—before fate takes it all away.