Special hardcover edition including both Spinning Fire and Alexei & Ansa's prequel novella Unlocking Fire! A BROKEN HEART, A FIERY MOTHER, AND TWISTED BARGAINS IN THE CITY OF SNAKES “How do you tell your grieving wife that you’re not only alive, but you accidentally sold your firstborn to a witch?” Despite Alexei successfully avoiding his family home and wife for years, some discussions can only take place face-to-face. He expects a heated argument and comes prepared with promises to fix everything. Instead, he finds her gone. Ansa shouldn't worry about her long absent husband. Not when revolutionaries imprison her adoptive family, leaving her no choice but to agree to the impossible: use the explosive flames she suppressed her whole life and spin fire into mysterious gold. With the fate of their family resting on a knife-edge, Alexei and Ansa must discover the power that names hold before it's too late. How many bargains can they make before their enemies collect? How many times can a mechanical heart beat before it runs out of steam? Spinning Fire is a second-chance, found family, slow-burn romantasy with dual points-of-view that can be read as part of the Tales of Bones & Roses series or as a stand-alone. Unlocking Fire: A Bluebeard Retelling (A Tales of Bones & Roses Novella) Ansa is desperate for an arranged marriage, but are the nobleman's secrets even deadlier than hers? When another man cracks her composure and fans her fire, she has to choose between heart and head. Are rumors and passion enough to change the hard truths of poverty and magic? Ansa needs a husband. Fast. When the Lowtown matchmaker proposes a rich, reclusive noble, she cannot afford to ask too many questions. Alexei best friend, the crown prince, has been exiled from Tal, and Alexei worries he is next. With dwindling funds and mounting problems, he cannot resist the distraction of the fiery serving woman aski