#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns with book one of the
all-new compelling Flesh and Fire series-set in the beloved Blood and Ash world. Born shrouded
in the veil of the Primals a Maiden as the Fates promised Seraphena Mierel's future has never
been hers. Chosenbefore birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his
people Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his
Consort. However Sera's real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of
Lasania-she's not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. Make
the Primal of Death fall in love become his weakness and then...end him. If she fails she
dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Sera has always known what she is.
Chosen. Consort. Assassin. Weapon. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. A
monster. Until him. Until the Primal of Death's unexpected words and deeds chase away the
darkness gathering inside her. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she's never allowed
herself to feel and cannot feel for him. But Sera has never had a choice. Either way her life
is forfeit-it always has been as she has been forever touched by Life and Death.
