The City of Stolen Things. A Dark Fantasy Enemies to Lovers Romance - Emma Rogers

For seven years, the Ghost of the Ledger hasn't felt a single thing. Until she touched him.

In the brutal city of Vaelthara, magic doesn't come free. It is bought, sold, and extracted by the Ledger in the form of memories, years of life, and human senses.

Zeya is the Architect-a street-smart thief and broker of high-end, stolen experiences. She survives in the shadows, hiding a fractured eye and three years of missing memories she would do anything to get back.

Varis is the Void. The Ledger's most lethal and feared Debt Collector. Seven years ago, he paid a catastrophic Tithe that stripped him of his ability to feel physical pain, heat, or pleasure. He is a machine made of meat and bone, enforcing the laws of a system that hollowed him out.

Until a heist goes wrong, and Zeya's bare hand brushes his skin.

The contact is a detonation. For the first time in a decade, the silence in Varis's nerves breaks, replaced by a white-hot sensory overload that binds him instantly and dangerously to the very thief he was sent to arrest. Zeya is the only signal his body can receive-and he is suddenly starving for the fire.

But Zeya's missing memories hide a world-ending secret. As a rebel conspiracy threatens to detonate a Tithe Bomb that will erase Vaelthara's history, Zeya and Varis are forced into a desperate alliance. To stop the city from tearing itself apart, they must navigate a deadly web of High Inquisitors, broken ledgers, and a consuming, violent passion that might just burn them both to ash.

She stole his silence. He is going to claim her soul.

The City of Stolen Things is the first book in The Debt of Teeth and Gold series. It is an intense, high-stakes dark fantasy romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, touch starvation, morally gray protagonists, and a magic system with a devastating price. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Carissa Broadbent, and dark romantasy.