

Available January 28th from Balzer & Bray, t his YA fantasy adds a new twist to an old fairy tale.

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But when his ward tries to escape her fate, magic goes terribly wrong-killing her and leaving Paris bound to Romeo. Paris Catresou has always wanted to serve his family by guarding Juliet. But the magic laid on Juliet at birth compels her to punish the enemies of her clan-and Romeo has just killed her cousin Tybalt. The heirs of the city’s most powerful-and warring-families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched. When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose.
