With an irresistible cast of characters, an incredible highfantasy world, and a unique, dangerous magic system, THORN SEASON is an epiccourt romantasy – perfect YA for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse.

‘Destined to be a romantasy sensation’ – Katherine Webber

‘Sexy, hilarious and completely addictive. I need more!’ – S. F. Williamson

ONLY THE SHARPEST WILL SURVIVE

“Court is filled with charming vipers,” I said, chin lifted.

“But charming or not, we are vipers all the same.”

In the Kingdom of Daradon, a persecuted few are Wielders – able to exert aphysical power that extends beyond their visible body: a shimmering tendrilthat can pick a lock, a gentle coil that reaches out to give a loving caress,or an inexorable rope that will kill a man before he knows it is around hisneck. Feared and mistrusted for this ability, Wielders have always been Hunted.

Alissa Paine – heiress of a noble lineage, daughter of a Hunter family – isalso a Wielder. And as she approaches her eighteenth Season, Alissa knows shehas escaped execution so far only through painful self-control, and the fragileefforts of her beloved father.

Summoned to the harsh and glittering royal court for the debutante season,Alissa finds herself trapped in a web of hidden intentions – and caught betweentwo equally dangerous men. One is a brutal ruler with the handsome face of afairytale prince, who would see her destroyed in an instant if the truth wereknown – and the other a beguiling foreign ambassador with secret agendas of hisown.

It’s Rose Season at the palace, but Alissa knows that survival will depend onbeing the most vicious of the thorns…

WIELD YOUR POWER. GUARD YOUR SECRET. SURVIVE THE HUNT.

Sharp, funny, sexy and dangerous, and packed full of irresistible twists, ThornSeason is an unforgettable novel that marks the introduction of a major new YAvoice.