Penelope Barsetti

Orphaned far too young and the only child of the King and Queen Barclay, I was destined to take the throne upon my twenty-second birthday. But no woman has ever ruled my kingdom, especially one who is unwed. Just when I decide to step back and let the crown be decided by the first-ever election...

From the moment our paths crossed, Wrath has always been with me. Until he's not. The Barbarians come for the Southern Isles by land and sea, and once the battle commences, I quickly learn that the command of the dead has been stripped from me. All I have left is the strength of a god, but...

Kingsnake promised me he would let me go once he found the cure, but he’s known this entire time and never once shared it with me. And now that I know the truth—that there is no cure—he still won’t let me go. Now I’m his prisoner once again. He asks to feed from me several times, but I...

Queen Rolfe betrayed me. My own mother. The Teeth have my wife, and I can't allow myself to think about what they're doing to her. I need to raise an army to get her back, and if I can't, I'll march in there and do it myself....

With my father indisposed, I become Queen of the Southern Isles—and it's the heaviest responsibility of my life. I know the Barbarians will come for the kingdom, and I have to prepare for war. But I don't have to do it alone . . . because Wrath is with me. My advisor and my protector, he helps...

The Death King betrayed meso I did the same to him. My time in Talons captivity has complicated my feelings. Hes more than a monster that conquered innocent people for his own means. He carries a lethal wound no one can see, a justification for his cruelty. But I have wounds toowounds that he...

My husband betrayed me. Forgiveness isn’t an option. I’ll ask Queen Rolfe to break our marriage. We both want it. Not to mention—she owes me....

Twenty four years have passed since Talon and Calista defeated Barron and his sons. The dragons were freed of their mental imprisonment and now they soar proudly in the skies above the Southern Isles. Twenty four years of peace. Until Lily Rothschild's galleon sails off course and ends up far to...

A sickness has claimed the kingdoms of men. Everyone is either sick or dying, weak to a curse that has no cureexcept for me. Im immune to this mysterious illness, and I do my best to heal the sick and ease the pain of the dying. I was supposed to marry the Prince of Raventower, but after his...

I knew Callum would come for me. I leave the treacherous underworld behind and return to life with the man I love—finally. But when I ask him to marry me, there's a heaviness in his silence. He admits that he's kept something from me . . . and he finally tells me his truth. A secret I wish...

Ive been abandoned by every man in my lifeexcept for one. He arrived at the outskirts of Riviana Star just in time, and not only saved me, but the people Ive come to consider my own. He pledged to be at my side alwaysand made me make the same promise in return. My heart cant hold onto the anger...

He’s one of my father’s guards. Goes by the name Mastodon. There’s something about him I don’t like. He takes me into a cavern, and we descend to the Bottom of the Cliffs. He tells me why he’s doing this: My family took everything from him - and he’s about to do the same....

Ellasara came at me with a bladeand she defeated me. But my eyes open to my bedchambers, and I see Kingsnake sitting at my beside with Fang next to my pillow. I expect to feel the horrible pain of my injury, but I already feel healed. When I sit up, the room doesnt spin and I dont feel weak. In...

I was fifteen when the Death King came for us. With a mighty black dragon and the ability to command the dead, he raised an army of our fallen soldiers to fight for himand conquered us in the night. My father, King Laurier of Scorpion Valley, couldnt stop him. I tried to flee but came face to...

Talon says the most horrible thingthat he doesnt expect to survive the war. Its an outcome I dont want to consider. My whole life has been an endless reign of suffering until I found him. He was the one who caused this miserybut hes also the one that healed it. Happiness is a terrifying joy...

I had the chance to leave these lands and avoid the warbut I chose to stay. I chose to stay because if I don't keep Harlow safe, she'll die. The demons are a foe too powerful, invulnerable to Huntley's fire-breathing dragons, a fiend so untouchable that HeartHolme and the other kingdoms stand no...

Harlow is smart and fierce, and I should have known that she would cross me. Now I'm a prisoner under the castleand once her father returns I'm as good as dead. I've heard tales of the king's ferocity, and I know he'll burn me alive with just his stare. But before he can kill me, I make a...

My task is simple: kidnap Princess Rolfe. But the second I lay eyes on her I realize shes anything but simple. Rancor, Leader of the Teeth, has commanded I fetch her in exchange for the Golden Serpent venom. But my plan is immediately derailed when I feel it. When I feel how much she wants me...

Il m'a fait une promesse — puis il l'a rompue. Kingsnake m'a promis de me libérer une fois qu'il aurait trouvé le remède, mais il me tient dans l'ignorance depuis le début. Maintenant que je connais la vérité, que je sais qu'il n'existe pas de remède, il refuse de me laisser partir.

Kingsnake prend mon visage entre ses mains et m'attire vers lui. Or nous devons finir ce que nous avons commencé, former une alliance avec les Éthéréens et partager le remède avec les humains, mais j'ai du mal à être en sa présence maintenant.