The Thorns of a Belladonna

In Celeia, shadows have eyes. And flowers have thorns.

The night the King was murdered in the throne room, the crown wasn't the only thing that vanished. Olympia Onasis, the sole heir to the throne, was erased from existence as General Dumas seized power with an iron fist. Six years later, the princess's name is but a distant echo. But Olympia is still alive.

Hidden under the alias Asteria, she has survived within the ranks of the Belladonnas-a clandestine order of outcasts, spies, and assassins where loyalty is sworn in poison. In this world of shadows, she has traded her silks for leather and her books for a blade, tempering herself for one purpose: to reclaim the kingdom that was stolen from her.

Her guide through this underworld of betrayal is Iocasta, the enigmatic woman who pulled her from the carnage that bloody night. For years, Iocasta has been her mentor, her shadow, and her only certainty in a world where no one is who they claim to be.

But as the drums of war begin to beat, Olympia is forced out of the darkness to play a lethal political game. To win back her throne, she must secure an army through a cold marriage pact with a foreign prince she has never met-all while the threads of a six-year-old conspiracy begin to tighten around her throat.

As the rebellion nears, Olympia will discover that the Belladonnas hide more than they reveal. Who truly sent Iocasta the night of the regicide? In an order where secrets are the only currency, the truth might be more dangerous than the blade itself.