Lies, beauty, and seduction mingle in the first book of an enthralling romantasy series where making art is considered a sin, and the shadows born from it aren’t the only danger to the creators—from the bestselling author of Curse of the Wolf King.
From the art of liars, the monsters came…
Ever since art gave life to bloodthirsty shadows, creative works have been forbidden and the talented creators sacrificed to the Sinless—the immortal royals who feast on human blood in return for their protection.
Inana’s secret storytelling nearly got her killed once, and she’ll be damned if she’s ever caught again. With a bounty on her head, she keeps to the city’s dark underbelly where she earns a meager living from thrill-seeking patrons desperate to hear her illicit fiction. Until Dominic, a Shadowbane, catches one of her performances. . .
Dominic is a half-Sinless monster hunter as fearsome as his prey. But to complete his hunt, he needs an artist to summon the shadows . . . he needs Inana. Dominic delivers an ultimatum: serve him or he’ll claim her bounty. When survival is all Inana has left, the choice is clear. At least until she can betray him and leave him for dead.
As their tense alliance leads them into the heart of danger, dark secrets unravel—about each other, their world, and the threats they face. But the greatest risk of all is the desire growing between them. There’s something more sinful than lust at play, and it could bring the world to its knees.
Release date: February 17, 2026
Published by: Delacorte – Penguin Random House US / Zaffre – Bonnier Books UK
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A Note on Content
The Lies That Summon the Night is an adult romantasy intended for mature readers. The romance between the main couple is not dark, but the fantasy world it takes place in is. This book features monsters, gore, and dark themes. Please take care when reading.
Below is not an exhaustive list, but this book contains the following content:
- Adult situations.
- Explicit language.
- Open-door descriptive sex scenes featuring coarse language, shadow play, and blindfolding.
- Religious and political corruption.
- Violence, blood, and gore, including blood drinking by a vampire-like species.
- Drug-like blood addiction and withdrawal.
- Body horror and frightening scenes.
- Mentions of parental neglect in the past.
- Mentions of sexual assault in the past.
- Mentions of murder, physical abuse, and mutilation in the past.
- Grief and the loss of loved ones.