A spellbinding romantasy about a powerful teenage witch who will do anything to escape the remote island where sheâs being held captiveâeven blackmail the notorious, charming pirate who washes up on shore.
âA dazzling debut with magic, pirates, sea monsters, and a steamy star-crossed romance.ââAiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys and The Sunbearer Trials
Rosalinda is trapped on Sinnerâs Isle, an island filled with young women like herâMajestics, beautiful witches loathed by society for their dangerous magic yet revered by powerful men who want to use them.
For years, she has been kept under the watchful, calculating eye of DoÃąa Lucia. Now eighteen, Rosa will be the prized commodity at this yearâs Offering, a fiesta for the wealthy to engage in drink, damsels, and debauchery. That is why she must fleeâbefore someone forces the vicious phantoms within her to destroy everything she touches.
Handsome, swashbuckling Mariano has long sailed the high seas as the Prince of Pirates. Then the kingâs fleet attacks his fatherâs infamous ship, leaving him marooned on Sinnerâs Isle with only an enchanted chain meant to lead him to his heartâs desire. Instead, he falls into the hands of a brazen (although) bewitching headacheâRosa.
Together they must outwit each other and their enemies before the Offering ends and itâs too late to escape the perils of Sinnerâs Isle.