The Novels of Tiffany Hanley

Lucas Blackwood has spent his whole life afraid of his own hands. The heat that rises when he's angry. The gold that bleeds when he's cut. The strength that breaks what he touches. He's learned to walk away, to breathe, to count, to hide.

Then the horn sounded.

The sky turned gold. The dead climbed out of the pasture. His mother turned to ash in his father's arms, leaving behind a cracked Celestial Chime, a map to a mountain, and four words that would haunt every mile ahead: You are the Shield.

Now Lucas is running with a brother who bends steel, a sister who sees the future, and a father who knows more than he's saying. Every fight makes him burn brighter. Every flame calls more of them home. And the only way to keep his family alive may be to become the very thing he's spent his whole life terrified of becoming.

You were ten years old when your parents traded you for gambling money. Four days chained in silver. Four days of knives and men who laughed while you screamed, until you stopped giving them the satisfaction.

Then the green fire came. Ten years later, you run rescue missions for kids nobody else will save. You're raising a sister who's secretly the lost queen of dragons. You're hiding a Phoenix the world has never seen.

You're not looking for a mate. Then Rowan walks onto pack territory, a Beta carrying a broken bond he's grieved for a decade. He looks at you like you're a ghost he stopped believing in.

You're not the girl he lost. You're the King's daughter, the protector they tried to erase. And the people who ordered your death are still in power.

In a realm where crowns are won through blood and loyalties shift like shadows, a young queen finds herself at the center of a game far deadlier than she ever imagined. Betrayed by those she once trusted and hunted by forces that fear her rise, she must navigate a world of political schemes, hidden magic, and ancient secrets that could either secure her throne—or destroy everything she loves.

As alliances crumble and enemies close in, the queen must decide who to trust, how far she is willing to go, and what she is prepared to sacrifice for the crown. Because in a kingdom built on blood, survival is not enough—she must reign.