Daughter of Sin by Ruby Roe (Hardback)

Once upon a time, a saint fell for a sinner. A deliciously dark sapphic mafia romantasy from Ruby Roe, set in the world of Empire of Ruin.

Saint Severo is the most revered fixer in Nefari city — the woman the rulers call when a problem needs to disappear. Marlowe Reign is the assassin she once loved, the one she exiled fifty years ago to keep her alive. When the Capas are found slaughtered in their own fortress, the city lurches towards war: no heir, no order, and only one suspect — none other than Saint’s exiled ex-lover.

Saint needs a confession. Marlowe wants to hang. Neither will say why. And a night in the dungeon, torturing the woman who still tastes like everything she lost, is enough to break anyone’s resolve — except Marlowe didn’t do it, and she won’t deny it either. Someone far bigger than the two of them is pulling the strings. The last thing Saint wants is to fall, all over again, for the woman she’s been ordered to execute, but the body remembers what the heart tried to bury. To save Marlowe, Saint will have to betray everything she’s served. To love her, she’ll have to let the world burn. And to keep their secret, one of them may have to die.

A confession, a reckoning, and a debt that can only be paid in blood. 18+ only; please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love dark sapphic romantasy, a captor-and-captive and second-chance pairing, a fae assassin and a vampire fixer, and a slow-burning “only I get to break her” dynamic.