Böcker av Elena Lawson

I came to this city for a fresh start, but everywhere I turn there are ghosts of my past. Two of them haunt my every step. They're revered as Sainted Kings, but I know better. Kaleb and Hardin are nothing more than ruthless crime lords who rule these streets with bloodied fists and sinister smiles. Now, they rule me, too. They've been tasked with keeping me safe but being under their protection feels more like being held captive...until it doesn't. I swear I don't know when or how it happened, but one minute I'm a chore to be handled and the next I've become an obsession they can't shake.And worse? I might feel the same way about them. Which is why I can't walk away. Not even when a more dangerous player enters the ring. A man so twisted, so depraved, he makes me want to cling to the evil I know. But choosing to stay could cost more than my heart. It could also cost me my life.

This wasn't supposed to happen. I was supposed to glide through senior year unnoticed and ride into the sunset on the back of my aunt's inflated bank account. I was supposed to be in control.Now they are.The trials will last 60 days. They can happen anytime, anyplace, and anyone or anything is fair game. I won't see them coming. I'll need to be ready at all times. Prepared to fight, to steal, to save, and to kill at Diesel St. Crow's command.While I sit on standby, he's ordered his sons to keep an eye on me, and they've become my own personal wardens.Corvus, Rook, and Grey. Their watchful stares will make destroying them from the inside harder than I planned for.But as truths are dragged out of the shadows and new dangers emerge, I may be forced to accept that they are more than armed roadblocks in my path. They might also be my only hope of survival.

Favors and debts. Blood and sacrifice. The good and the bad. I can't have some and not the rest.I can't have it all.This place and these men have seeped into me, and not even my blades can cut them out. But Rook, Corvus, and Grey aren't the only ones keeping me up at night.There's Diesel St. Crow, an imminent gang war, and an anonymous shadow from my past. Each one clinging to my bones as irrevocably as my own shadow. Any of them could be the end of me unless I do something about it.It's time for me to show them I'm not a toy to be played with. I'm not just Ava Jade Mason anymore. I am Sparrow. I am Ghost. I am motherf*cking AJ. I am the queen they've all been waiting for.And what do queens do?It's time for some new rules in Thorn Valley, and I'm going to be the one making them.

One, two, the Crows are coming for youThree, four, time to settle the scoreFive, six, Rook will get his fixSeven, eight, accept your fateNine, ten, this is your end.

I have no interest in being a demon''s plaything.I shouldn''t even be in the Fallen City of Elisium, but all it took was one Nephilim jerk proclaiming me to be tainted and that''s exactly where I wind up.The demons in this dark metropolis are vile, wicked beings, though none more so than Kincaid: the cruelest and most powerful of them all. To ensure my safe return home, I must strike a bargain with him.Forty days in exchange for my freedom.It''s not like I have much choice, so I agree. If Kincaid''s interest in me can help solve the riddle of my origin and aid in my escape from Elisium, I figure it''ll all be worth it.Only, the more time I spend with Kincaid, the more the tenuous line between love and hate melts away. Soon, I''ll be forced to confront something far more disquieting than the truth of my heritage: a confusing connection with a demon that I cannot deny...

I messed up. I broke two of the Arcane Council's laws in one day. I swear it was an accident—but try telling that to the Arcane authorities.Before I could catch my breath, my simple gypsy life of peddling potions with my guardians is wrenched away. I'm forcibly enrolled into the prestigious and supremely snotty Arcane Arts Academy, given shackles under the guise of mercy for my crimes.As if that weren't enough, my volatile magic bound me to two infuriatingly overbearing shifters in the woods near campus, making me an instant pariah.At least the history teacher is helpful—not to mention insanely gorgeous. And besides giving me a dangerous distraction, there’s something else he can provide—a way to finally find out more about my father and unravel the dark mystery surrounding his death… but some secrets have claws, and if I’m not careful, knowing the truth could get me killed.