First of all, let me tell you about the individual stories...
❄️ Spider and Silk: ❄️
Fae aren’t even supposed to exist; so why is Lena suddenly the slave of a unbearably gorgeous, cold and unyielding creature who can’t possibly be human? Betrayed and tossed aside, she has a choice between risking her fortune with the rest of the humans picked to become the king’s servant, or let this thing who wants her on her knees take her.
Well, better the devil you sort of know…
When his father demanded they march south to claim their tithe of five hundred humans, Dryan believed the old man had finally lost his mind. Why would they need to go to war for mere mortal slaves when they’re easily plucked from unsuspecting villages? But now he has a princess sleeping on his rug with his dogs, and he can admit he sees the appeal.
But claiming a mortal comes with many dangers. To her, and to his sanity.
🥀 Ashes and Wine: 🥀
Knowing they were coming didn’t do Lilianth a whole lot of good, given that no one else would believe her. And why should they? Fae weren’t even supposed to exist anymore, and she was just the odd village orphan, raised by an old witch.
But Raysa did believe her, enough to venture into the woods with her on the eve of the attack. Now frozen, starved, and on the brink of death, they’re both sorely regretting their choices, when they appear.
Two men, so gorgeous they can only be one thing. Monsters.
And the village girls can either make a deal with the devils, or die.
👑 Blood and Candies: 👑
They all think they know what the rules of the games are. They’re all wrong.
The king has called a tithe, and after five hundred years, mortals south of the border have to relinquish their sons and daughters to the fae they don’t even believe in anymore. Or die.
The king’s sons, his advisors, his enemies and lovers all believe they know his reasons.
They’re all wrong.
South of the border, buried in the body of a mortal, hides a little minx who believes she’s escaped her fate.
Cute, naive little prey. The Alderking knows his mate is alive again, and this time, nothing will stop him from claiming her.
