Rip has power sizzling beneath this skin and glinting spikes down his spine. The ones who nearly destroyed Orea, wiping out Seventh Kingdom in the process. But I know the truth about what he is.Fae.The betrayers. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him-Commander Rip.Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness is unsurpassed. But one night changed everything.Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. more “You want to make your life easier? Then be the caged bird that you are and sing.”For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him-Commander Rip. “You want to make your life easier? Then be the caged bird that you are and sing.”For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. In fact, the bow is probably going to be tossed right off a cliff. This is book one of three in the series, so that means it won’t be tied up in a bow at the end. This book contains explicit content and mature language not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. There will be monarchs and magic and fae and steam and violence and all the feels. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.Author’s Note: This is a fantasy romance m/f story. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage.

And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.Suddenly, my trust is broken. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.Even me.King Midas rescued me. And the ones with power floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.

Gild the plated prisoner