From New York Times Bestselling Pepper Winters comes a Dark Romance with a twist...<br/><br/>For twenty years, Lucien Ashfall has been caged by the very men who profit from his blood.<br/>He’s dangerous, uncontrollable, and deadly.<br/>He’s also the only one carrying his bloodline and they need another.<br/>Every six months, thirty girls are sent into his prison and tasked with one goal: Make him create an heir by any means necessary.<br/>But everyone who goes in, never comes out.<br/>Until Rook Snowdon is thrown into Cinderkeep by mistake.<br/>She isn’t a seductress.<br/>And she certainly isn’t there to save anyone.<br/>In fact, she only has three goals in life:<br/>One, hide her true identity for as long as possible.<br/>Two, nap and self-medicate with wine.<br/>Three (and most problematic) ignore the fact that stress is slowly killing her.<br/>Lucien only has one goal: escape and burn everything to the ground.<br/>Unfortunately, everyone has their secrets and these two have many.<br/>They just don’t know it yet.<br/>Because she might be the key to getting him free.<br/>But if he gets out, it’s not the world that will burn.<br/>It’s him.<br/><br/>This isn’t just a Dark Romance.<br/>It’s fated, feral, and dangerous—until it becomes something else entirely.<br/><br/>Tropes:<br/>morally grey, caged & tortured antihero<br/>chronically ill heroine with a twist<br/>emotional support pet (unalives for fun)<br/>captive / captor tension<br/>touch-her-and-die energy<br/>her touch terrifies him for a good reason<br/>luxury palace built to cage a monster<br/>slow-burn obsession → forbidden, fated bond<br/>modern dark romance that mutates into fantasy