Within Obsession and Lies (A Court of Gilt and Shadow, #1)

by Stacy Jones

God, but the way he was staring at her stole her breath—like she was air and he’d been suffocating.

He was the kind of man you knew would burn you, yet, you still wanted to dance in the flames.

Everyone had a monster inside them, something capable of horrible things. For some, it would only ever come out in protection of others. For others, it was a predator, a hungry thing that relished inflicting pain.