by Katee Robert
First published 2025
He spent one night with Meg and decided that was enough. Someone had to get her out. The man who calls himself Hades is keeping her close, pulling her strings, and a bargain with that kind of devil seems like a reasonable trade for her freedom. So he makes the deal and waits for Meg to run. She does not run. She stands beside Hades as his Queen, and the look on her face makes it clear she has been there the whole time, watching him play the hero in a game she designed. Now he is the one trapped, stuck inside a court built on manipulation and want. He cannot stop thinking about Meg's hands on him. He cannot stop watching Hades either, drawn toward something darker than he knows how to name. Desire and fury sit right next to each other in his chest and neither one will quiet down. The deeper he looks at what Hades is actually doing, the worse the stakes become. This is not just about him anymore. Whatever Hades is building toward, the consequences will land on all three of them. He just needs to figure it out before it is too late to matter.
Genres: romance, adult, adult-fiction, fantasy-romance, dark-romance
Vibes: dark, intense, manipulative, morally-complex, obsessive, seductive
Tropes: dark-hero, love-triangle, manipulation, slow-burn, trapped-together
368 pages · Paperback · Sourcebooks Casablanca
Content warnings: gaslighting, toxic-relationship