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They sent a lamb to the slaughter. They got a wolf in silk.
Ten years ago, Lyra Thorne watched her world burn. Now, her father is trading her like a piece of livestock to the Valois family-a dynasty ruled by a "monster" who allegedly murders his brides before dawn. To her family, Lyra is just a drab, disposable country girl. To the world, she's Doctor Zero, a medical prodigy with a lethal touch, and the secret mastermind behind Obsidian, the billion-dollar fashion empire her sister would kill to wear.
She arrived at the Valois manor expecting a beast. Instead, she found Caspian: a man of devastating, dark beauty, a sharp jawline that could cut glass, and a heart stopping under the weight of a mysterious poison. He's ruthless, he's beautiful, and he just pinned his new bride against the wall with a blade to her throat.
He wants a spy to kill. She wants a king to reclaim.
But as Lyra uses her silver needles to purge the toxin from his blood, the hate between them turns into something far more dangerous. In the shadows of a manor where everyone is a suspect, the only thing more addictive than the revenge she's planning is the raw, suffocating heat of the man she was never supposed to love.
The Thornes think they've gotten rid of her. Bianca thinks she's won the crown. But the Forbidden Bride is back, and she's not just here to save the monster's life-she's here to burn the kingdom down.