USA Today bestselling author, Mindy Ruiz The final book in a completed trilogy where a girl pays the ultimate price to protect Las Vegas’ hidden fantasy world, playing cards are royalty, and risk-taking tourists are open game for soul-stealing demons. It Started with One Step. Three years ago, Cassandra Vera crossed a line and turned Las Vegas’s secret underworld upside down. As the Queen of Heart’s lost daughter, Cassandra’s homecoming upset the balance of power and unleashed the deadly Shadows. After defying mythological gods, thwarting attempts on her life, and surviving a broken heart, Cassandra is determined to settle the score. It Ends by Taking a Stand. With the taste of revenge fresh on her lips, a veiled enemy stages a lethal attack that demands Cassandra forge an unlikely alliance. Forced to retreat, Cassandra learns there is a traitor in their midst. One who may very well be the key to destroying them all. As her time to reign draws near, the last secrets of Las Vegas surface with deadly consequences. Cassandra realizes her first act as the Queen of Hearts might just be her last.