The Girl Who Hunted The Stars

In a land where stars, as tangible as diamonds are worth more than gold, there are those who hunt them and those who hunt the hunted. And wishes are no small feat either. When one makes a wish, it is always in great caution because one will never know if what they asks for will harm or help...

Aurora Hollis has learned this well, and as one of the top hunters under the wing of Sir Hester, an anonymous star-hunting dealer, she's been brought up to question nothing outside of his orders. How could she when her life is his to end at any given moment? At twelve years old, she learns of her older siblings' debts when they mysteriously vanish, leaving her behind. The weight shifts to her and as a Hollis, she will not sink down so she does what needs to be done. To do what they couldn't and save her life in the process. Because if she doesn't, if she runs or hides, Sir Hester's oath, the prick of her finger on a death-wish dagger, will cut her life by seventeen. Nothing is simple, but neither need be complicated if she simply doesn't question.

Until distant rages begin spreading from town to town, as her seventeenth birthday nears. Until unwanted camps swarming with marks of royalty appearing on the edges of the infamous star-hunting woods where she resides. Until, she learns they've all come to hunt her down. Sir Hester's brightest light, riskiest asset.

But strangest of all, a young man, bloodied and bruised, stumbles onto her doorstep with secrets of his own. Guarding her secrets against tempting curiosity to unravel all the mysteries he holds grows dangerous as lingering threats and questions left buried in the past beginning to connect. To hunt the stars is one thing, to wish on them is another but nothing quite compares when a girl with wishes may have finally run out of luck.

Or did she have it in the first place?