The Shadows Between Us

Alessandra Stathos, the overlooked second daughter of a minor noble house, has a plan: seduce the mysterious Shadow King, marry him, then kill him and claim his throne for herself. But Kallias, the Shadow King — whose bloodline can turn incorporeal at will — has a plan of his own: a fake courtship, with no real feelings involved, to satisfy his council's demands that he marry. As assassination attempts mount against him and the two grow closer than either intended, Alessandra must decide whether to go through with her plot or risk losing the one person who might actually understand her. The first book in the Stathos Sisters duology, followed by a companion novel, The Darkness Within Us.