Not when the Elite toy with people like pawns on a chessboard, and we’re all stuck playing a game we don’t understand.They’re temptation at its darkest, appealing to the most depraved part of me I thought I had buried deep down where no one could see. Despite my history, I can’t resist. Even knowing it won’t end well, I can’t step away. But the games of the Thorns could have a deadly cost.My body. My soul. My life.Pawn of Lies is the first book in An Initiation of Thorns, a dark secret society romance series, and contains elements that may be triggering for some readers.

    Power. Power.Until her.The next move requires I marry and soon.This will strengthen us and secure our position.But I am not to marry her.I am to wed the eldest Volkov.Problem is, her younger sister is the one who awakens my dead heart.It is her I want in my bed and by my side forever.Her. Her. Her.In this game, though, it’s not about what I want. But maybe it can be about what she wants. I am Vlad.Vile. Vicious. Villainous. Vasiliev.And I will win eventually.