First published 2016
Ten Lockwood has survived thirteen months in Prynne Asylum by acting crazy enough to avoid the worst punishments. The staff calls her the wildest patient they have, but Ten knows something they don't. Death isn't the end. Two powerful realms control the afterlife: Troika and Myriad. These enemies have battled for centuries over human souls. Both sides want Ten badly enough to send their best recruiters after her. Her parents demand she choose a realm before she dies, but Ten refuses to let anyone else control her fate. She breaks free from the asylum and runs. Troika and Myriad chase her with everything they have. Their top Laborers hunt her through the living world. Ten finds herself torn between a boy who makes her heart race and the realm that feels right to her. The choice will determine where she spends eternity. But first she has to survive long enough to make it.
Genres: romance, fantasy, young-adult, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Prynne Asylum
Period: Afterlife
467 pages · Hardcover · Harlequin Teen
Content warnings: mental-illness