He came in the middle of the night. He came looking to take what was stolen. He came in hopes to mend his past. He came and took what was unintended. Brenna is a young princess who is used to the royal life. She is forever bending toward her parents' will, and finds herself forced into an arranged marriage. A marriage with the Duke Cray, a lazy boy who cares for no one but himself. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down when a thief named Elidor breaks into her home and whisks her away from everything familiar to her. Determined to survive in the cruel world outside of the castle gates, Brenna discovers a friend in Elidor. Perhaps even more than she first realized.

(First book of the series - cos people keep on missing my sequel announcement 😭) Cassandra Johnson is Pixie. Pixie is Cassandra Johnson. She's the same girl who's leading two extremely different lives. Nobody would suspect the school's nerd as Pixie. 'Cause Pixie's a street fighter badass and the nerd does not have a single badass bone in her body. The chances of people discovering this peculiar secret is close to none but of course this is where fate inserts the certified new boy into the equation and makes an exception for him. Warning: heavy flow of profanities ahead. - and tears - or so I've heard.