''Funny, daring, and romantic, you-ll always have a good time with Kate Johnson'' Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil No good deed goes unpunished-When thief Ember Hart saves a maiden from a murderous secret society, she finds herself sacrificed in the girl-s place. Anointed -the Promised One-, Ember-s prophesised arrival sets her on the path to an unholy union with the kingdom-s beastly prince, but she has no intention of being a sacrificial lamb - at least, not again - so when Rhaell, the gruff captain of the guards, proposes an alliance to restore the kingdom-s lost magic and then use it to send Ember home, she readily agrees.But gathering the scattered pieces of the Heart of Yskar they need isn-t going to be easy, and with her awareness of Rhaell growing with every barb and bated breath, Ember will need a bit of her own unique magic to escape this world unscathed-
