<p><b>AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<br><br> 'Nothing short of epic' Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of <i>Sixteen Souls</i></b><br><b>'</b><b>A thrilling fantasy with the most delicious slow-burn romance</b><b>' M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of <i>Midnight in Everwood</i></b><br><b>'[A] titillating debut' <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><b>'A masterpiece' <i>Goodreads Reader Review</i></b><br><b>'Everyone needs to read it' <i>TikTok Review</i></b><br><b>'The BEST book I've read' <i>NetGalley Reader Review</i></b><br><b>'A sizzling slice of fantasy romance' <i>Booksellers Review</i></b><br> <br><b><i>Fourth Wing</i> meets <i>The Hunger Games</i> in this epic and sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed.</b><br> <br> Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya . . . The exceptional. <b>The Elites</b>. The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the <b>Plague</b>, while those born <b>Ordinary</b> are just that, banished from the kingdom and shunned from society.<br> <br> No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as an Elite. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya's princes, Kai Azer, she's thrown into the <b>Purging Trials</b>, a brutal competition to showcase her 'Elite' powers.<br> <br> If the Trials and the opponents don't kill her, the prince she's fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn really is . . . completely Ordinary.<br> <br><b>Be swept away by the first in the smash hit, <i>dagger-to-the-throat</i> romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm</b><b>. Containing a special sneak peek of the second instalment, <i>Reckless</i> coming in July 2024, which is available for pre-order now! <br><br> Pre-order<i> Powerful</i>, a heart-racing new story set in the Kingdom of Ilya coming in April 2024. The perfect companion to the <i>Powerless Trilogy</i>. </b><br><br><b>Follow Lauren Roberts on TikTok and Instagram @LaurenRobertsLibrary</b></p>
