The Tears of a Red Rose: A Dark Forbidden Love Romantasy (A Garden of Death and Desire) by Anne Halle

In a place where every desire could be purchased, hers was the one thing forbidden. The Garden cultivated a Rose for every fantasy. Red. Blue. Black. White. Every shade a different hunger. Every appetite served, for the right price. The nobility called it a club. A sanctuary. A harmless indulgence. They drank there. Laughed there. Lost themselves there. They left with stained consciences and empty purses—and yet always returned for more. Tanya knew what the colors meant. She wore one. They called her Red — Common. Affordable. The color patrons reached for without thinking twice. She kept her head down. She kept her secret buried. She kept herself alive by becoming exactly what they needed her to be. And it almost worked. Ademai has spent years playing the Garden's game better than anyone — patient, beautiful, and absolutely lethal beneath the surface. He arrives to find his world in flames and his heart in ruins. In the ashes of the fallen Garden, he encounters a Red Rose he barely knows—yet cannot look away as she tears herself apart in pursuit of vengeance. Read more