Mine to Love
In a world where emotions are currency and love is a debt, Maren Holt lives hollowed out, her own feelings extracted years ago. But when the Crown demands she produce....
In a world where emotions are currency and love is a debt, Maren Holt lives hollowed out, her own feelings extracted years ago. But when the Crown demands she produce an attested output of genuine love within thirty days or lose her sister, Sia, to erasure, Maren is thrust into a desperate quest. Sia's soul-coin, a physical manifestation of her life force, is fracturing, its ichor thinning with every passing moment, threatening to erase her memories and very existence. With time running out, Maren must navigate a treacherous system of Collectors and Heart Ledgers, where every emotion is tracked and every debt is paid. As she uncovers a shocking truth about her own past and the sovereign who stole her heart, Maren realizes that saving her sister might mean harvesting another's feelings, or perhaps, reclaiming her own from a man who might be dead. Can a woman who feels nothing find love, or will she embrace a colder, more dangerous path to vengeance?