To the world, she is a princess. To the Crown, she is a pawn. To the man who killed her father, she is a prize.
Reva Mercer lives in a golden cage. Adopted by the powerful Mercer merchant dynasty, she is a celebrated heiress of Silaria, seemingly far removed from the blood-soaked rebellion that claimed her family years ago. But Reva carries a stone in her marrow: the knowledge that the man whose name she bears is the same man who slaughtered her father while she watched in silence.
Now, as she enters the elite Imperial College, the bars of her cage are tightening. Her father has brokered a trade deal disguised as a marriage alliance, binding her to the Sisodiya Crown Princes-the very heart of the empire her true father died fighting.
Aaran Sisodiya, Arrogant, lethal, and devastatingly beautiful, the younger prince treats the world like a game and Reva like his most entertaining prey. He doesn't want her as a sister-in-law, and he's sworn on his royal pride to break the engagement-even if he has to ruin her reputation to do it.
But when a high-profile murder at a Governor's ball leaves Reva framed and in chains, her only hope lies with the "Frog Prince" she loathes. As they flee through a world of ancient secrets, salt-stained assassins, and forbidden gold, Reva must decide which is more dangerous: the law hunting her down, or the dark, electric heat of the man who claims he only protects what is his.
In a kingdom of beautiful lies, the truth is the deadliest weapon of all.
