The third in the all stand aloneSleeping with Monsters series, about strong women and the monsters they love, The Hated is a hot vampiric science-fantasy. Confined inside a magnificent palace, Queen Ilylle chafes at the sheltered life she leads. Her council rules in her stead – she’s never met her people, nor been allowed outdoors. She won’t even get to choose her King – her council’s brought in a warrior trapped in stone for her to be married to in a ritual ceremony. Releasing her King from stone early, she’s horrified to realize he hungers for her blood—and more – but he’s the only one who can teach her how to escape confinement and fight her council’s treachery.