This Monster of Mine

About this book

Four years after surviving a brutal, unsolved attack, Sarai returns to the city seeking justice. As a Petitor, a prosecutor gifted with the magical ability to detect lies, she is assigned to work alongside Tetrarch Kadra. He is the most powerful and sadistic of the city’s four rulers, and to Sarai’s horror, he is also the prime suspect in a series of murders that mirror her own traumatic past. Driven by a need for vengeance, Sarai begins a dangerous double life: by day, she serves as Kadra’s partner in the courtroom, and by night, she gathers evidence to destroy him. However, the closer she gets to the truth, the more she finds herself drawn to the man she is sworn to dismantle. Kadra is chillingly lethal yet undeniably magnetic, and his fierce crusade against the city’s systemic corruption challenges everything Sarai believes about morality. This high-stakes, Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy features a tense enemies-to-lovers dynamic and a gripping slow-burn romance. As political intrigue threatens to consume them both, Sarai faces an impossible choice. She must decide if she can trust her heart to the very person whose voice haunts her darkest memories, or if she is falling for the monster who tried to kill her.