"I can tear your throat out right here," he said, his voice a hushed whisper of threats and spilled blood. "I could kill you a thousand different ways where you sit."
The nail cut deeper. Blood beaded, then spilled down my front, over my breasts. I choked on a whimper.
"Now tell me everything."

Few knew Valissa's secret but it already carried a death toll. One.
If the Gods ever discovered what she was, they would capture and flay her alive. But in the land of Gods and Monsters, no secret stays hidden for long.
Lissa-drunk on the high of a midnight party that's rife with mysterious pirates-gets too close to one of the pirates, who turns out to have secrets of his own.
Jasper is no pirate. He is a servant of the Gods. And the moment she touches him, she steals his power. He kidnaps Lissa, and he's taking her to one of the most brutal Gods in all the lands ... He's taking her to Prince Poison.

Prince Poison's mere touch kills and his cruelty is said to stretch beyond even the darkest pits of Lissa's soul. But when she's standing in front of this fearsome God, ready to face her gruesome fate, the Prince might see more in her than she ever thought possible.