Thorns of the Crimson Lily

My name is Lysa Renaud, and I was the Crimson Lily—the most feared assassin in Breyonne. Death was my art. Vengeance, my calling. Until one betrayal destroyed everything.

Baron Laurent’s assassination should have been routine. Instead, it dragged me into a web of secrets and lies spun by Saito, a shadowy figure whose schemes could tear three kingdoms apart. I thought I’d found an escape in Jacob, a charming prince with honeyed words and promises of a new life. But in one blood-soaked night, he revealed his true nature—murdering my sister before my eyes.

I should have died too. But fate had other plans.

Now, I’ve awakened in a snowbound manor under the protection of Rian Al'Duer—a brooding, dangerous noble with his own dark past. I don’t trust him. I can’t afford to. Yet his steady gaze and sharp mind make him impossible to ignore.

As I unravel a conspiracy threatening to plunge the kingdoms into chaos, I find myself torn between my thirst for vengeance and the undeniable pull of desire. The Crimson Lily may be dead, but in her place, something far more dangerous has risen. And I will not stop until every last one of them pays—in blood.

She rose from the ashes, but the fire still burns. Lysa, once betrayed and left for dead, awakens in the opulent home of her mentor, the legendary Morrigan, nursed back to health by the Morrigan’s devastatingly handsome and infuriatingly arrogant nephew, Rian al’Duer. Gone is her naive self and the life she once held onto; all that is left for her is vengeance and to finally put an end to the conspiracy that destroyed everything.

“Thorns of the Crimson Lily” throws Lysa and Rian into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, chasing the phantom known as Saito across the vibrant world of Aetura. From the gaslit alleys of Breyonne, where secrets whisper on the wind, to the sun-drenched casinos of Monte Luce, where fortunes are won and lost on the turn of a card, their hunt takes them through treacherous waters. In the opulent yet secretive nation of Xi’an, they must infiltrate a world of ancient traditions and deadly power struggles.

To succeed, Lysa must once again don the mask of the Crimson Lily, a persona as alluring as it is dangerous. But as she navigates this treacherous path with Rian, she finds herself drawn to his strength and hidden vulnerability. The closer they get to Saito, the more entangled their lives become. Can Lysa achieve her revenge without succumbing to the intoxicating allure of the one man who holds the power to break her heart or will she have to sacrifice it all in order to protect the last thing she has left? “Thorns of the Crimson Lily” is a thrilling tale of revenge, romance, and redemption, where the price of victory may be higher than Lysa is willing to pay.