Rank & Rebellion

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In the rigidly ranked kingdom of Illyria, Allegra Christine is a Rank Five singer from the lower districts-talented, defiant, and quietly in love with Max, a Rank Six laborer who repairs the machines that keep the capital running. Their relationship is a secret, fragile thing in a world that punishes crossing rank lines.

When her name is drawn in the televised Selection, Allegra is thrust into the opulent, shadowy palace to compete against thirty-nine other girls for the hand of Prince Wayne-and the throne beside him. What begins as a glittering cage of etiquette lessons, candlelit libraries, and constant cameras quickly becomes something far more dangerous: a battleground of loyalty, desire, and rebellion.

As rebel attacks grow bolder and the kingdom's injustices become impossible to ignore, Allegra is forced to navigate three impossible choices: the prince who sees her, the lover she left behind, and the future she might be able to change-if she dares to reach for it.

A dark academia reimagining of a royal competition, blending slow-burn romance, political tension, forbidden longing, and the question of whether love can ever be stronger than duty-or rebellion.

(Perfect for readers who love The Selection, The Cruel Prince, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Red Rising with a heavier dose of gothic atmosphere and moral complexity.)