Cry, so you shall smile. Weep, so that your sadness will take a sleep. *** Everyone yearns for gold. But for gilded tears? I doubt it. Every human cries and all of us shed tears, may it be a drop or an ocean. Though treacherous in times of pretend happiness, we can't deny how they made us feel alive in our hurt, light in our burden, and fortunate in our joy. Though they make our heads ache, our eyes bulging out, and our breaths short and forced, we cannot deny how no one else consoled us the way tears did. So don’t be ashamed of crying alone or crying in front of everyone. After all, crying is not a sign of weakness—it’s an emblem of being strong. These Gilded Tears is a collection of poetry and prose by Vittoria Winters and Charles Yspania that highlights the notion that every tear is a gold worth crying for.

I'LL MAKE HER CRY GILDED TEARS IF SHE EVER RUNS AGAIN. Esme was just a girl in a nightclub.Until I made her the center of my world.The queen to my kingdom.The mother to my child. We had the future in our hands. And then she left me on that mountain to die. Little by little, I clawed my way back.Back to life.Back to strength.Back to where I belong. And now, the time has come to reclaim what belongs to me. Once upon a time, Esme thought I was her savior.She thought wrong.Because by the time I find her again...I'll be her worst nightmare. GILDED TEARS is the second book in the Kovalyov Bratva duet. Make sure you've started with Artem and Esme's story from the beginning in Book 1, GILDED CAGE.

I'LL LOCK HER IN A GILDED CAGE AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. The night we met, she thought she was tasting freedom.I devoured her once and left before I even knew her name. Four months later, Bratva business leads me to the house of my enemy with one objective:Burn it down and kill everyone inside. That's exactly what I plan to do...Until I find her cowering before me.The innocent girl from the club.My beautiful caged bird. I'm not here to save her--I'm here to ruin her.But something stops me in my tracks.Something I never expected. Did she say that's my baby in her womb? GILDED CAGE is the first book in the Kovalyov Bratva duet. Artem and Esme's story will conclude in Book 2, GILDED TEARS.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Golden Cage comes a bold, mesmerizing thriller of seduction, deceit, and female power, in which a woman’s secret cannot stay buried forever. Faye Adelheim is living a delicious lie. She is wealthy beyond imagination, she is the Chairman of her self-made global cosmetics brand, and her ex-husband, the monster who killed her beloved daughter Julienne, is living out the remainder of his days behind bars. But unbeknownst to journalists, police officers, and investors, and even the lovers she occasionally invites to her bed, Faye has a secret: her daughter is, in fact, alive and well and so is her mother, the woman Faye’s father was sentenced for allegedly killing years ago. Together, three generations of women have survived in hiding from the men who sought to destroy them. But unfortunately for Faye, cages are meant to be opened, pillow talk can lead to betrayal, and secrets always end in tears.

Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "a must-read." Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only Zalindov prison, but also the deadly Trial by Ordeal. Now Kiva's purpose goes beyond survival to vengeance. For the past ten years, her only goal was to reunite with her family and destroy the people responsible for ruining their lives. But now that she has escaped Zalindov, her mission has become more complicated than ever. As Kiva settles into her new life in the capital, she discovers she wasn't the only one who suffered while she was in Zalindov--her siblings and their beliefs have changed too. Soon it's not just her enemies she's keeping secrets from, but her own family as well. Outside the city walls, tensions are brewing from the rebels, along with whispers of a growing threat from the northern kingdoms. Kiva's allegiances are more important than ever, but she's beginning to question where they truly lie. To survive this time, she'll have to navigate a complicated web of lies before both sides of the battle turn against her and she loses everything.

In Gilded, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairytale world with this haunting tale. Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her... for a price. Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain. Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever.

The must-read new bold and immersive West African-inspired fantasy series, as featured on Cosmo, Bustle and Book Riot. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice, perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. "Namina Forna Could Be The Toni Morrison Of YA Fantasy." Refinery 29 Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed... "An enthralling debut. The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ultimately hopeful." Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval "Haunting, brutal, and oh-so-relevant. This book will suck you into a world where girls bleed gold, magic fills the air, and the real monsters hide behind words instead of claws." Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin "The Gilded Ones is a fierce, unflinching fantasy that marks Forna as a debut to watch." Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken