Heirs

The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of ACE OF SPADES and WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE.MEET THE HEIRSOctavius the Maestro.Fola the Brain.Bilal the Olympian.Perdita the Artist.Romeo the Failure.FIVE PRODIGIESEveryone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children of infamous billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and trained under the "Button Method", they've had no choice but to be brilliant.ONE DEAD FATHERBut brilliance comes at a deadly price. Because at their father's tenth annual Prodigy Ball, Leontes Button is murdered.A MANSION FULL OF SUSPECTSAs long-buried secrets come to light, one thing is clear: everyone at the ball had reason to want him dead. After all, their father was especially good at making enemies...A rollercoaster of twists and turns with secrets, lies, murder and money, The Heirs is The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out.

Aelie can break runes with her bare hands--magic the fae built their entire world on.They hate her for it. Fear her for it. And when she's caught, they sentence her to die.Desperate to survive, she shatters the rune enslaving Kairos, a devastatingly handsome fae executioner with a blood-soaked past.Big mistake.Kairos slaughters the court and drags Aelie to his breathtaking realm--a kingdom of towering forests and shimmering mists.Bound to the ruthless king she freed, Aelie must navigate deadly fae politics, master her forbidden power, and resist the fae who sees her as his greatest weapon... and darkest obsession.Runebreaker is a steamy, fast-paced romantasy with forced proximity, he-falls-first tension, and captive/captor dynamics perfect for adult fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Sarah J. Maas. It features a feral, morally gray hero, a soft girl with a dangerous gift, mating bond tension, and immersive world building. This is book #1 of a trilogy.