Mistress of Lies

A villainous,bloodthirsty heroine finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of powerpolitics and murder in the court of the vampire king in this dark romantic fantasy debut. Fate is a cruel mistress. The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood WorkerShan LeC laire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magicbuilding her network of spiesand gathering every scrap of power she could. Nowto protect her brothershe assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge. Samuel Hutchinson is a bastard with a terrible gift. When he stumbles upon the first victim of a magical serial killerhe’s drawn into the world of magic and intrigue he’s worked so hard to avoid – and is pulled deeply into the ravenous and bloodthirsty court of the vampire king. Tasked by the Eternal King to discover the identity of the killer cutting a bloody swath through the citySamuelShan and mysterious Royal Blood Worker Isaac find themselves growing ever closer to each other. But Shan’s plans are treacherousand as she lures Samuel into her complicated web of desiretreason and vengeancehe must decide if the good of their nation is worth the cost of his soul. Fans of From Blood and Ash and Kingdom of the Wicked will devour this decadentbloodthirsty debut.