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A KING BY DAY
SHADOW BY NIGHT

The Great Betrayal changed everything for the Allied Realm Long ago the kingdoms noble houses rose up against the goddess and for their treachery the firstborn of each noble family was cursed

One with perilous beauty
One with destructive knowledge
One with insatiable bloodlust

But the royal house Mortara received the worst affliction of all For while the king exists during the day he fades into nothingness at night until his twentyfirst birthday when he will be lost to the shadows forever

Now an acolyte has arrived at court Like all the secondborn children of the Allied Realm shes destined to serve the goddess and become a Seer only Cerise Solon has no gift of foretelling In fact she has no magical gift at all

Instead shes surrounded by courtiers and priestssmiling sycophants whose hearts are filled with secrets and lies And at the center of it all sits His Majesty Kian Hannibal Mortara with his haunting eyes sharp tongue and an unerring ability to send her pulse skittering at the worst possible moments

Falling for him is unthinkable Because the king is the last of his line and as the specter of his twentyfirst birthdayand the full force of his curseapproaches the kingdom holds its breath

But theres only one way to save a dying king and it lies with the one person whos hiding the biggest secret of all Cerise