The Uprising has torn down Avon’s monarchs and tied the first presidential race to a brutal decree: each candidate must kill the former ruler of their own province.
Callum, son of the newly dethroned king, means to claim his place, yet he cannot carry out that patricide without help.
He seeks Lady Caterine, a Gifted courtesan at La Puissance, the country’s leading sex club, whose magic can alter the emotions of anyone who reaches orgasm in her presence.
If he lets Cate in, he may commit the required murder without guilt, but his distrust of the Gifted is shaken by a connection neither of them wants.
A darker force is also rising inside La Puissance, and saving Avon may demand that Callum and Cate sacrifice everything, even their loyalty to each other.
