Fans of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins and "The Selection" by Kiera Cass will fall head over heels for this twist of fate, love and blood.
One crown. Thirteen chosen.
Only blood can decide who survives.
Scarlett Ambrose was born to bleed, not to belong. Raised a mercenary within the Crimson City as a Commoner, a half-breed, she serves the very king who destroyed her family—her every move a performance, her loyalty a mask.
When she's summoned for the Blood Trial—a cruel tradition disguised as a Choosing Ball. Scarlett expects pain, blood, but not politics, and certainly not Prince Axel—deadly, distant, and drawn to her all the same.
But beneath velvet gowns and gilded lies, something ancient stirs within her—something dangerous, and forbidden. As truths begin to unravel, and a long-lost Kingdom watches from the shadows, Scarlett must decide what's more dangerous: losing the trial... or becoming what she was never supposed to be.
Even love, in a palace built on blood, can be a weapon.
And Scarlett might be the deadliest of them all.