Court of Shadows

When a silent, dangerously attractive fae assassin tries to kill you on a girls' night out, you'd think that would be the worst part of your Friday—but that's just the beginning for this supernatural gladiator trying to keep her magical existence under wraps. Ruadan's vow of silence won't stop him from hunting the outlaws on his list, and that unfortunately includes her, so she strikes a bargain: prove herself at the cutthroat Institute of the Shadow Fae and maybe, just maybe, she'll live to see Monday. Forced to navigate the deadly trials alongside the one man sent to destroy her, our heroine discovers that the real competition isn't beating the other competitors—it's resisting the magnetic pull of her would-be executioner. When loyalty to her mentor and the survival of her best friend come into impossible conflict, she'll have to decide what she's willing to sacrifice, and whether some bonds are worth dying for.