This Gilded Abyss

This Gilded AbyssFrom USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Thorne comes This Gilded Abyss, a thrilling lesbian fantasy where Arcane meets Titanic Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she's desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside old friends and old flames. Unfortunately, even the icy ocean can't extinguish some fires. When Kessandra, everyone's favorite princessand Nix's loathed exrequests Nix's help investigating a

permanently

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Her contract says this arrangement is only for two months

Determined to save Aina

Fourteen years younger than him and completely off-limits

surprise―and Nix quickly realizes their "investigation" isn't about the massacre

I still can't stop thinking about it

To break it

are high—and deadly—and she’s not up to the challenge

But even as the two grow closer and bond over their common enemy and undeniable chemistry

I know I should’ve stayed that night

Grim and Oro would sooner set fire to their own kingdoms than leave Isla stranded on a path toward certain death