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Lauren Fortgang
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Brittney Arena
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Brittney Arena
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A debut fantasy romance filled with hope after heartbreak, secrets, and betrayal, as a dancer-turned-spy must decide how far she will go to secure her freedom
“Beautifully written, with immersive worldbuilding, a gripping plot, and heart-pounding danger around every turn.”—Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Throne of Secrets
My protector is gone, revealed to be a monster. But I remind myself that I am not a damsel. I’m no princess bound within a tower.
I am a shadow.
Vasalie Moran was once a dancer in King Illian’s court, until he framed her for murder. Barely surviving her two years in the dungeons, she’s suddenly called to face her king. He offers her a deal: become his spy at the six-week royal Gathering and he’ll grant her freedom.
As Illian’s orders grow bloody and dangerous, forcing her to harm and betray those around her, Vasalie discovers that the monster she serves may be aligned with a bigger monster—one far closer to home. With her world threatened, Vasalie enlists the help of Illian’s brother and greatest adversary, the infamous King of the East.
As the rivalry between brothers escalates, with Vasalie caught in the middle, the horrifying truth of her past comes to light. If she wants to survive, she must decide who to trust, who to fight for, and how much of her soul she’s willing to damn in the process.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF contianing an illustrated map of The Crown's Syndicate.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Critic reviews
“A breathtaking debut! A Dance of Lies is beautifully written and filled with intrigue, with an incredible protagonist who is both vulnerable and resilient. It’s romantic, heartrending, and riveting—prepare to be swept away by this captivating fantasy.”—Sue Lynn Tan, USA Today bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess
“A stunningly elegant story of grit, passion, and determination that will sweep you up with its magic, keep you on your toes with twists, and leave you breathless for more . . . A glittering fantasy debut you don’t want to miss!”—Kalyn Josephson, New York Times bestselling author of This Dark Descent
“Arena’s A Dance of Lies is a mesmerizing debut of intricate plotlines, sizzling romance, and treacherous alliances, deftly choreographed with rich, evocative language into a tale as hauntingly exquisite as one of Vasalie’s dances. A breathtaking new favorite!”—Lyra Selene, #1 Sunday Times Bestselling author of A Feather So Black
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When Roxilana hears a voice inside her head, she believes she's gone mad. This voice, Memnon, claims he is her god-touched soul mate, one who has the ability to wield magic. Not only that, but he believes Roxilana possesses magic too. Wild though his claims are, Roxilana realizes Memnon speaks the truth. First, her power Awakens. Then, Memnon, King of the Sarmatians, shows up at her door in Rome, proclaims her as his wife, and takes her to his homeland.
By: Laura Thalassa
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Your Body of Water
- By: Siouxzi Connor
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Your Body of Water is an interweaving of autofiction with hydro-feminist mythologies, exploring via the emotional landscapes of four rivers and four "tragic feminine characters" (Ophelia, Leda, the Lady of Shalott, and Sappho) the author's own real life journey, with a dose of tongue-in-cheek humor—through coming out in Australia, an abusive relationship in Berlin, and navigating queer love in the context of a world literally burning around us—and finding hope for the future in the stories of her ancestors before her.
By: Siouxzi Connor
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Confessions of a Grammar Queen
- A Novel
- By: Eliza Knight
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen, P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces and pursue their personal and professional dreams.
By: Eliza Knight
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Six Wild Crowns
- By: Holly Race
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Holly Race
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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From a major new voice in epic fantasy, Six Wild Crowns is a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before.
By: Holly Race
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The Royal Street Witch
- The Scarlet Eternal Series, Book 1
- By: Jenna Walker
- Narrated by: Khaya Fraites
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Aster Wildes is the last true witch of New Orleans. Behind the walls of a French Quarter speakeasy, Aster sells magic potions to a family of vampires. It's not a glamorous job and barely pays her mortgage, but Aster knows what her coven expects of her… Create elixirs that allow vampires to survive, don't fraternize with said vampires, and never, ever conduct business on the side. Despising vampires makes these rules easy to follow until Bastian Delacroix reappears. And after years of being absent, does he really have to smile at Aster the way he does?
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- By Danica on 06-12-25
By: Jenna Walker
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The Bite
- The Moon Blood Saga, Book 1
- By: Z.W. Taylor
- Narrated by: Charlotte Claremont
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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To escape her violent ex, Charlotte flees her home in the middle of the night with nothing but the cash in her pocket and a paper map leading her north to Alaska. She sheds her old self along the way: dyeing her hair, scrubbing off her fake California tan, and pawning all her jewelry. None of it is worth anything if she can't stay alive. Alone in the wilderness, Charlotte feels safe at last. Even if she's lost, even if she's only got a burner phone that lost its last bar miles ago, and even if she missed her turn and can't find the cabin she was promised by a friend.
By: Z.W. Taylor
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The Nightblood Prince
- The Nightblood Prince, Book 1
- By: Molly X. Chang
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hrs
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The night Fei was born, a prophecy was made: she would one day become the Empress of All Empresses. Torn from her family as a child and raised in the palace to one day marry the Crown Prince of the most powerful empire in the land, Fei has only ever known loneliness. When the opportunity arises to seize her own destiny for the first time in her life, Fei sets out to hunt a legendary tiger, knowing it might cost her everything. What she doesn’t expect is to fall under the mercy of Yexue, the beautiful runaway prince from a rival kingdom.
By: Molly X. Chang
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A Promise of Lies
- Shadows of the Tenebris Court, Book 3
- By: Clare Sager
- Narrated by: Sarah Sampino, Liam Price
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
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Bargained away to Dawn Court, Kat must play the part of a helpless human bewitched by the Day King. But beneath the veneer of submission, she's playing a far more dangerous game—spying for Dusk Court, and for the one person who holds her heart: Bastian. Separated from the woman he loves, Bastian has no time to rage against fate—or his queen. With his city on the brink of collapse and war brewing, he must uncover the truth before a devastating betrayal shatters everything he's fought to protect.
By: Clare Sager
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Lady or the Tiger
- By: Heather M. Herrman
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Summer 1886—When nineteen-year-old Belle King turns herself in for murder, the last thing she expects to see is her abusive husband Reginald standing outside her Dodge City jail cell, impossibly alive. He’s there to take her back, but Belle is not going without a fight. Reginald was the first man she ever meant to kill, but certainly not the last . . . Now, while there are still bars between them, Belle is forced to resort to all the tricks in her arsenal to prevent her husband from ever being in control of her again.
I couldn’t stop listening!
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The story just didn’t pull me in. I got about halfway through, but the pacing was so slow and lacked the kind of tension or stakes that make me want to keep turning the page. I kept waiting for something—anything—to hook me, but it never really came.
The writing wanted to be lyrical and beautiful, but for me, it didn’t quite land. Instead, it felt like it was trying too hard without actually drawing me into the story.
Also… why did I read so much about flour in just half a book? 😳 Like, genuinely. So much flour.
I don’t usually rate books I DNF, but if I had finished, this probably wouldn’t have been more than a two-star read for me. Just not for me, and that’s okay!
DNF Review @ 50%
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