Bitten

The Wolf Queen’s court enforces few laws. Vanessa Hart plans on breaking each and every one. The night her best friend is brutally slaughtered by wolves, Vanessa Hart’s life is changed forever. Because these are no ordinary wolves . . . they’re werewolves. And when Vanessa’s father discovers that she has been bitten, he hands her to them — and to the treacherous Wolf Queen’s court. Taken as prisoner to the enchanted Castle Severi, Vanessa vows to seek vengeance for her friend, even as she finds herself mesmerised by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, and his brooding disgraced cousin, Calix. Vanessa has to swear her life to the Court, or die the agony of a lone wolf. But the malevolence of werewolf society goes far beyond a single murder in the forest. The Court is at war, and Vanessa just a pawn in its deadly game . . .

Crescent City meets Fourth Wing in this fast-paced and romantic story, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her. After a vicious werewolf attack on the night of her seventeenth birthday party, Vanessa Hart loses everything she loves in a split second. Her best friend, her father, and even her home. Bitten and imprisoned without explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear she cannot escape: she will either swear her life to the Wolf Queen's Court, or she will die. With no other choice, Vanessa joins their enchanted Castle Severi—where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and a claw can break through skin as easily as silk—but she hasn't forgotten what they stole from her. Vanessa still seeks vengeance, scheming in the shadows even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart though he is promised to her nemesis. And by his brooding, disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems. The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in its lethal game.