Lauren Roberts

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! Praise for Powerless: ‘Nothing short of epic’ Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls ‘A masterpiece’ Goodreads Reader Review ‘Everyone needs to read it’ TikTok Review ‘The BEST book I’ve read’ NetGalley Reader Review ‘A sizzling slice of fantasy romance’ Booksellers Review ‘Incredible and impressive’ Goodreads Reader Reader ‘A riveting fantasy debut’ Bookseller Review ‘This destroyed me... In a good way!’ Bookseller Review The second heart-racing instalment in this bestselling and sizzling fantasy romance trilogy. Perfect for fans of Red Queen and The Hunger Games. The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to. Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice. Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts – and the battle between duty and desire is deadly. Be swept away by this bestselling, dagger-to-the-throat romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm. Follow Lauren Roberts on TikTok @Laurens1Library.

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Reckless

Romy

At my weakest, I wish for him. And at my strongest, I wish I could say it wasn't the same. 

Izaac Richards

If she fights for nothing, she lives for death. If she burns for something, she lives for 

He is gone, and I don't even know how to breathe if he does not command me to do so. Command me to eat. To 

 A laugh. "No, I think so often of you. Which is why I know exactly what you would do."

And then she smiles, bright and big like the night sky hanging above us. Ifear she could rival the stars.

well… in this case all of ilya has seen it

I swallow. "You didn't see what I did to him."

Your name seems like a good word to die with on my lip.

"I want an end like those I loved most.. Stabbed through the chest with a smile on my face." 

"That's what I want," I say flatly. "I want to feel what they felt. I want to feel like I'm with them one last time while I'm still alive."

How absurd to grieve a man who loved power more than his sons.

She tasted like a privilege, felt like a dream.

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