**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A darkly enchanting fantasy about a lying witch, a cursed prince, and a sinister prophecy that ignites their doomed destiniesperfect for fans of The Cruel Prince.
"Everything you want from an enemies-to-lovers fantasy starring morally gray characters."BuzzFeed**
Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrasedand not always truedivinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he's crowned at the end of the summerunless Violet does something about it.
But when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdomall depending on the prince's choice of future bride. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that's growing between her and Cyrus.
Violet's wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdomor doom them all.