The Plated Prisoner
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1. GILD by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.
Gold. Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. Even me.
King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. Iβm called his precious. His favored. Iβm the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I donβt leave the confines of the palace, Iβm safe. Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.
Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong. Because these bars Iβm kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish Iβd never left.
2. GLINT by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
βYou want to make your life easier? Then be the caged bird that you are and sing.β
For ten years, Iβve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midasβs golden castle. But one night changed everything.
Now Iβm here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdomβs army, and Iβm not sure if Iβm going to make it out of this in one piece. Theyβre marching to battle, and Iβm the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.
At the heart of my fear, my worry, thereβs himβCommander Rip. Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness is unsurpassed. But I know the truth about what he is. Fae.
The betrayers. The murderers. The ones who nearly destroyed Orea, wiping out Seventh Kingdom in the process. Rip has power sizzling beneath this skin and glinting spikes down his spine. But his eyesβhis eyes are the most compelling of all. When he turns those black eyes on me, I feel captive for an entirely different reason.
I may be out of my cage, but Iβm not free, not even close. In the game of kings and armies, Iβm the gilded pawn. The question is, can I outmaneuver them?
3. GLEAM by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
βI donβt choose him. Not anymore. Iβm choosing me.β
King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe itβs to keep the bad out... Until you realize itβs about keeping you in.
Iβm now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I wonβt sit idly by and let myself wither. No, thereβs something thatβs bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark. Something angry. But the last thing I expected was for my anger to call out to him. King Ravinger.
Heβs sinister and powerful and entirely too seductive. Iβve learned my lesson with trusting manipulative kings, so why does my chest constrict every time heβs near? I need to tread carefully, or Iβm at risk of losing much more than just my freedom.
Regret and revenge war inside of me, and I need to figure out a plan fast before I get tangled up in the schemes of kings and queens. Because I wonβt be caught in a cage again. No, this time, Itβll be me setting the trap... I just hope my heart comes out of this unscathed.
4. GLOW by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
βI was nothing but a road to Midas. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold.β
My life has been made up of gilded lies. But death has been shaped from rot.
Like a phoenix caught fire, I will need to rise from the ashes and learn to wield my own power. Because my wings may have been clipped, but I am not in a cage, and I'm finally free to fly from the frozen kingdoms Iβve been kept in.
Yet the world doesnβt want to let me. Thatβs the thing when you turn against a kingβeveryone else turns against you. Good thing I have a different king in my corner.
But even with the dark threat of Slade Ravinger, the other monarchs are coming for me. So I will fight for him and he will kill for me, and if we need to become the villains, then so be it. Because so long as I live in this world, I wonβt be used again.
5. GOLD by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
βFind me in another life. Find me in all of themβ.
Every end is also a beginning. I thought I was going to die, and would have if it werenβt for Slade. The only way he could save me was to open a rip between worlds. The only way for me to save myself was to go through it.
Sometimes, fleeing one dangerous place just brings you to another. Annwyn. The realm of the fae. There is magic and beauty here, though around every corner, threats lurk. But Iβm a threat too.
Iβm not a girl in a gilded cage anymore, and no one is going to stop me from finding my way back to Slade. But returning home means facing danger and secrets. So I have to burn bright enough to light my own wayβ¦ Or else I might be swallowed by the dark.
6. GOLDFINCH by Raven Kennedy
SYNOPSIS
If there is ever a choice between her or the world, itβs going to be her.
One king caged my body. Another has caged my mind. War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, though thatβs not the only battle being waged. Thereβs a fight inside me, and itβs one Iβm determined to win, no matter how much they try to strip me down and hollow me out.
Yet theyβve forgotten one thing. The ancient magic of the pair bond. One can never truly be lost when two souls are already bound. Because Slade and I? We are connected by more than just fated magic, and we will always find each other. In any life.
The fae king is trying to destroy me. My heritage. My memory. But what he hasnβt realized is this: gold bends, but stone breaks. And a Goldfinch does not fall. It flies.