It takes a monster to stop a monster. Light the candle. Stand naked before the symbol. Offer your blood. The advocate will come. I left my abusive crime boss husband expecting to start over from nothing. After all, the prenup I signed when I married him is ironclad. But when Tony uses a loophole in the law to go after my ancestral family home—the one I’m currently living in and my grandmother is dying in—I’m desperate to stop him. My witch best friend Maeve offers a solution. She lends me a family spell to call a supernatural advocate to deal with Tony. After all, it takes a monster to stop a monster. But when I follow her instructions, I’m not expecting the darkly handsome Damien to form from the shadows, or to learn that he’s been a prisoner of Maeve’s family for centuries. From the moment he accepts my bargain and drinks my blood, he awakens a passion in me, one charged with latent magic. Magic formidable enough to restore my true self. Magic that holds the promise of Damien’s freedom.

To save my monster, I must become a monster. Roll the dice. Choose a challenge. Try not to die. Winner take all. My shadow prince was wrested from my arms and dragged through a portal, and I don’t know who took him or why. Damien showed me my power as a woman and as a mage, and he means everything to me. He built me back up after my ex tore me down. And now he’s gone. I’ll stop at nothing to free him, but when I learn the vampire queen is responsible, things get complicated. The subterranean city of Night Haven isn’t accessible by humans, and even the most powerful magical creatures in my life won’t dare challenge the vicious and bloodthirsty Valeska. Everyone tells me there’s nothing I can do, that I’m not strong enough to free him. They tell me to give up. But I’d rather die than live a life without my mate. So there’s only one thing I can do. To save my monster, I must become one too.

Only a ruthless monster can save a lost kingdom.After centuries away, I'm relieved to find the kingdom of Stygarde at peace, even if I can't believe who is sitting on the throne. I vow to make the best of it. After all, I owe Eloise a proper courtship. Hell, I owe her everything, including my life. I want nothing more than to become the mate she deserves, worthy of her sacrifice. But when Eloise struggles to reconnect with her spirit magic, the grief and loss she feels over losing her family all over again becomes a barrier between us I fear is insurmountable. Until Eloise disappears, and I must face a new reality, one I've desperately tried to avoid. To get her back, I must shed the restraint I've learned for her and become the ruthless monster I was before my capture. Before I became her mate.

It takes a monster to save a lost kingdom. _Speak the vow Face your demons. Prepare to pay the price._ And when they come for you, show them why you wear the crown. Now that I've reconnected with my power, Damien and I must fulfill the sacred promise we made—to his father, to the goddess, and to ourselves. We will take back Stygarde. But building an army from a population broken by war and starvation feels impossible. Every potential ally demands a price, and still our forces remain pitifully insufficient to face an enemy that holds our greatest Stygarde's children, innocent lives used as human shields to paralyze our every move. The dark elves know we won't sacrifice the defenseless for victory. They have no such scruples. Then we find him—an ally powerful enough to tip the scales in our favor. But his price cuts deeper than gold or land. He wants something Damien can never give, something that would shatter the trust we've built between us. We swore to save this kingdom together, but that oath may be the very thing that dooms us. To keep my promise to the goddess, I may have to break the one I made to the man I love. Don't miss the final book in the Bargain with the Shadow Prince dark romantasy series!