A Stage Set for Villains [Hardcover]

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The gods are dead. All thats left are the Players&

The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her.

When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetimea chance for one mortal to steal a Players immortalityRiven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouses brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life.

But with time running out and the Playhouses secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain.

Because the Playhouse doesnt just tell stories. It rewrites them.

And Rivens might end in blood.

CaravalmeetsOne Dark Windowin this lush and dark romantasy.

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Shannon J. Spann is a #1New York Timesbestselling author from Virginia, where she grew up as one of six sisters and spent most days crafting stories in the woods (and subsequently performing them for anyone who would listen). A lifelong fan of ghost stories, old movies, and all things theatrical, Shannon now lives in NYC, where she can most often be found wandering Central l¯