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Author: Levenseller, Tricia

Reading age: from c 14 years (Young Adult)

Published on 5 June 2025 by Pushkin Children’s Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 336 pages
128 x 198 x 30 | 294g

Beauty conceals her.

Secrets imprison him.

Will their rivalry destroy them?

Chrysantha Stathos is no stranger to deception. By disguising her intelligence and ambition she has become a duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will be one of the wealthiest women in the kingdom.

Or so she thought…

Eryx Demos claims to be her husband’s estranged grandson – the lawful heir to the fortune she is desperate to obtain. But behind his handsome façade lurks a dangerous secret: one that Chrysantha will stop at nothing to expose…

PRAISE FOR THE DARKNESS WITHIN US AND THE SHADOWS BETWEEN US

‘Features a clever and deadly heroine who is just as much a beauty as a beast’ Kathryn Purdie, author of Bone Crier’s Moon

‘Dark, mesmerising and completely addictive’ Kerri Maniscalco, author of Kingdom of the Wicked

‘A viciously satisfying romance’ Booklist