The Ties that Bind Them

The Queen's War, Book 1

To remain his prisoner, or surrender her soul all over again…

Seeking companionship in a painful and lonely life, 21-year-old Lillia Sparre sold her soul to a demon. Now that she’s dead, the pact she forged has dragged her into the underworld. Lillia is alone. Desperate. Marked by a monster who would do anything to have her chained to his side for eternity. With no other options, she’s forced to take refuge with the only other who will have her.

The Prince of Lust and Lies doesn’t deal with humans. For Lillia, Sitri has made an exception. She’s an enigma who wears his enemy’s seal, a delicious morsel he can’t wait to taste, and with war on his doorstep, she could be his key to victory. Sitri simply must have her.

The Prince is infuriating, seductive, and utterly shameless. He’s also Lillia’s sole source of comfort–at least, when he chooses to grant it. Lillia can’t shake the feeling that his intentions are impure. After discovering his plans to trap her in his lands and bend her to his will, Lillia attempts to escape, unaware the Prince is already one step ahead of her. Her plan ends in ruin, while Sitri’s comes to fruition, cementing her place as his prisoner.

In the wake of their struggle, Lillia is conscripted into Sitri’s workshop, working under the Prince’s supervision. Their new arrangement comes with a growing closeness, and reveals a version of Sitri far more dangerous than the one she knew. One she almost believes could have a heart. With her fate in his hands, Sitri makes a proposition: if Lillia rejects the vows she said to his enemy, the Prince will break the pact magic that binds them together, and stake his own claim over her.

It’s a deal no one in their right mind would take, but a dangerous attraction is threatening to upend her resistance, and wanting is weakness when the Prince commands desire. As Lillia finds herself in the center of his web of deceit, she must choose her soul’s owner knowing her afterlife–and her heart–are on the line.