{"product_id":"captive-prince-paperback","title":"Captive Prince - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo princes, one of them a slave, in a court where everyone is lying.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamen is heir to the throne of Akielos. When his half-brother seizes power, Damen is stripped of his identity and shipped to Vere as a pleasure slave, given to Laurent, the Veretian prince whose brother Damen killed in battle. Laurent does not know who he is. If he finds out, Damen is dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the book work is that Laurent is genuinely formidable. This isn't a story where the captor is secretly soft; he's vicious, brilliant, and playing a longer game than anyone at court realizes, and Damen has to survive him while hiding the one fact that would end everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacat writes political intrigue with real stakes. The Veretian court runs on poison, blackmail, and sexual politics, and every conversation is a move. The first book in a trilogy that built an enormous following for good reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReader note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adult M\/M romantic fantasy. This first volume is set in a slave court and contains non-consensual and dubiously consensual situations, sexual violence, and explicit content. The trilogy shifts substantially in books two and three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e C. S. Pacat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Captive Prince Trilogy, Book 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780425274262\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967235424455,"sku":"9780425274262","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/0741\/9335\/files\/9780425274262.jpg?v=1792520342","url":"https:\/\/spineboundbooks.com\/products\/captive-prince-paperback","provider":"Spinebound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}