Stolen Midnights
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first in a new magical young adult romantasy duology from the bestselling author of To Kill a Shadow. A palace darling and a thief join forces after he unwittingly steals a necklace with the power to change their world forever.
In the city of Andalay, the ruling Fates bestow gifts among society’s most favored. When Damien, a cold and hardened thief, is hired to steal one of those gifts—meant for the “princess” of Ward One, Wren Hayes—he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets.
The gift? A locket containing his own photograph.
Once the locket is opened, hidden truths unravel, shedding light on the ruthless ways of the upper class. Yearning for the three Fates and the magical gifts they bestow, the lords of Andalay will go to any length to keep their power—including murder.
Brought together by destiny, and fighting a temptation that neither understand, Wren and Damien navigate a seedy world where the truth can destroy not only their lives, but the city itself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An orphaned thief and a sheltered debutante's destinies entwine, uncovering treacherous conspiracy—and an even more perilous passion—in this lushly rendered romantasy from Quinn (To Shatter the Night). In the city of Andalay, the Fates bless citizens with magical gifts on their 18th birth-days. Only rich, powerful northerners receive this boon, while powerless southerners grow more destitute. When Wren Hayes, the teenage daughter of a northern lord who influences politics with his bewitched pen, is shunned by the Fates, she contracts Damien, a morally gray southerner with the gift of invisibility, to learn why. Damien secretly already knows part of the reason: he was hired by an anonymous patron to steal Wren's gift, a charmed locket that mysteriously contains a photograph of Damien. Sparks of forbidden love ignite as Wren and Damien slowly untangle the truth. Sweeping dual-perspective narration tantalizingly twists and turns toward a cliffhanger conclusion. Excerpts from fictional history texts complement evocative worldbuilding in a beguiling story that centers star-crossed lovers as they wrestle with seedy politics and dark magic. Wren reads as white; Damien has "bronze skin." Includes a map. Ages 14–up.
