The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain

Author: Sasha Peyton Smith Listening Length: 10h 30m

London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows th...

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Bram is asleep, breathing softly, tucked in the middle of his feather bed. This is the first time I’ve ever been in his room, and I take a moment to look around. Unlike Emmett’s haphazardly placed books and overcrowded desk, everything in Bram’s room has been fastidiously placed: his books, the line of crystals by the window, his rings laid out on the vanity.

I duck my head under the canopy and lay a hand on his shoulder. “Bram.”

I shake him softly. “Bram.”

He wakes with a gasp and blinks a few times. “Ivy? What are you doing here?”