by Alexandra Swift
**He was hired to hunt me down. I’m the one thing he was never supposed to want.** I ran from a forced marriage with a stolen name and dyed-black hair. To hide, I took a job at the Golden Apple, an elite pleasure house where magic literally erases your worst memories. Simple. Transactional. Safe. Except nothing about the Golden Apple is safe. The sprawling estate hides in the heart of a corrupt city, and its amber walls trap the dark secrets of everyone who enters. The house watches. The hunt
Genres: Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling
Tropes: Hidden Power Awakening, Power-Through-Intimacy, Enemies-to-Lovers, Slow Burn, Age Gap, Found Family, Forced Proximity
ISBN: B0GMDMNRM3
344 pages
Published: 2026-07-01