Chosen by the Cursed King

Synopsis

Sofia Reyes is used to chaos. As an EMT in the Bronx, she reads blood loss and shock faster than she reads fear. But when an unidentifiable vessel tears open the night sky and a silent shard becomes a doorway, Sofia is drafted into a world where injuries are "classifications," mercy is a contractual liability, and refusal triggers a deadly "default." Taken to the Briar Court—an elegant, predatory manor that listens for forbidden intentions—Sofia learns she's being held as collateral by Thorne Ashworth-Blackwood, the court's cursed king. Every attempt to help other captives costs her breath… and pieces of her own memory. The ledgers say her captivity is legal, stamped with a seal from her world. With sentries closing ranks and unseen hands setting traps, Sofia must outmaneuver living paperwork, sabotage, and court politics to find the registry of stolen humans.