by Ivy Asher
First published 2022
Six years ago, she woke up in a cage with no name and no memory. She never made it to the flesh markets. Instead she was thrown in with fighters and learned one rule: survive or die. Now she has a reputation, a body full of scars, and a skill set built on violence. Eight Orders of Assassins have arrived to buy new blade slaves, and she is on the block. She does not want to be purchased. She wants out. Then the Order of Scorpions finds her. Their interest pulls at something she cannot afford to feel. She knows what they are offering is just another cage with a better lock. They think they are acquiring a weapon. They do not yet understand what she actually is. This standalone why-choose dark fantasy romance follows a woman with no past and no intention of becoming anyone's property. It contains graphic violence, explicit romance, and strong language. The author includes a content note inside the book.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, dark-fantasy, fantasy-romance, dark-romance
Vibes: dark, emotionally-charged, fast-paced, gritty, intense
Tropes: captive-romance, found-family, reverse-harem, why-choose
Setting: flesh-markets
730 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, graphic-violence, slavery, trafficking