Lauren Roberts
24th August 2025
If fantasy worlds and forbidden romance are your thing – and let’s face it, they’re everyone’s thing – then Lauren Roberts needs no introduction. With the titanic Powerless trilogy, Roberts brought millions of readers into the kingdom of Ilya, where the Elites reign and the Ordinary are pursued and punished. Fighting for her life in the Purging Trials, and with her feelings for one of Ilya’s princes, Paedyn Gray is a heroine for the ages, and Roberts one of the brightest stars in the romantasy universe.
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