Belinda Stott

Agendas collide as lies are exposed in Cortem
Reeling from the loss of her beloved Maverick, Roanna agrees to an engagement to Peter, the ruthless head of Cortems Enforcers, so she can search his seven estates for her missing mother. For her ruse to succeed, she requires the aid of both Miguel, head of the treasonous Reckoners, and Mavericks Gifted friends: the calculating Vittoria, invisible Aurora, supernaturally strong Wolf, and emotionally manipulative Galen.

But Roannas allies have a different agenda than her: to dismantle Cortems cruel caste system, which requires all citizens to wear the color of their primary sin, and rehabilitates lobotomizes - any who wont conform. The system invented and controlled by Roannas family.

As dark secrets come to light regarding the fate of the rehabilitated, Roanna and her twin Nyx find themselves dealing with a kidnapping and murder, unjust imprisonment and devastating heartbreak, as they seek to uncover whats really going on in Cortem. Caught in a growing web of deceit, seduction, danger, and betrayal, their choices now will save or condemn thousands.

As tension escalates between multiple factions throughout Cortem,Giftedlayers dark secrets, clandestine missions, and divided loyalties with a masterful deception that could rob Roannas family of everything.

484 pages

9781067023911

Belinda Stott