After the Sentinels, the world lies in ruin—deserted, sickened, and haunted by death. In the shattered lands, Miles Walker, a young military recruit from the Badlands, struggles with visions of an unknown girl who appears in his dreams. He longs for freedom, to save the world… if salvation is even possible.Everything changes when his sector is attacked by the Sentinels. Nearly all his comrades are slaughtered, and Miles himself is on the brink of death—until the girl from his visions, Tessa Grey, appears and saves him.But survival comes at a cost. Miles awakens transformed into a Sentinel, and with this new power comes a terrifying revelation: the world is far more complicated—and dangerous—than he ever imagined.

For generations, House Vealmar ruled the kingdom of Eldridge—until the rise of the Blackfyre Empire, a force that conquered everything beneath the sun.Princess Valerie Vealmar has spent her entire life preparing to become queen. Since childhood, she has been betrothed to Prince Devon Blackfyre, heir to the empire that brought her people to their knees.To her, Devon was a legend—the fearless prince destined to become her husband.But when they meet again as adults, the man before her is nothing like the hero she remembers.Devon is cold. Distant. Unreadable.Until one night—Everything changes.A single moment of intimacy. A kiss that lingers longer than it should. And for a fleeting second, Valerie believes the man she once imagined might still exist.Now, bound by duty and shadowed by desire, Valerie is given a task by the Eldridge council to use the marriage. Get close to him. Help bring down the empire from within.But the closer she gets, the more dangerous the line becomes.Because now, Valerie must choose—Betray the man she’s beginning to love…or the kingdom that depends on her.Preview:“You don’t get to tell me what to do.”“No,” he said, stepping closer. “But I will.”

I always thought my father was killed by the Ferraro crime family—powerful, untouchable, and thoroughly horrible. When the chance for revenge finally drops into my lap, I’m assigned to infiltrate them. Easy, right? Sure. No pressure.Except nothing goes according to plan. Giovanni Ferraro, the family patriarch, ends up dead—and somehow, I’m the prime suspect. Fantastic.Then the missing heir, Enzo Ferraro, waltzes back into the picture. I suspect him of killing his father—but, of course, he has to be helpful. He offers me something no one else can: a way out.Marriage contract, he says. Survival, I think and I agree. And, of course, he’s everything I hate myself for wanting.Now, stuck in a city I barely know, in a world I definitely don’t, I have to juggle danger, deception, and an infuriatingly attractive man who might not be who he says he is.Can I survive long enough to see justice…or get myself killed—or worse, fall for him?