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Secrets & Curses of Exile

by Shay Taylor

2024 · 472 pages

Forced ProximityFae / FaerieShifterEnemies to LoversChosen One
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Thea has spent her entire captive life in Exile, a prison for the realm's most powerful magic users, haunted by a prophecy that brands her a monster destined to topple kingdoms. When a dangerous competition offers a chance at freedom for herself and everyone trapped alongside her, she seizes it—even knowing it means confronting the ruthless Crimson King himself. But between the brooding Captain of the Guard who seems determined to stop her, contestants willing to kill for victory, and the fragmentary memories clawing at the edges of her consciousness, Thea discovers that winning the trials might be the easier challenge compared to uncovering who she really is. With secrets and curses closing in from every direction, she'll have to find the strength to rewrite her own destiny before the prophecy writes it for her.

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