In a small town in Ohio called Yuin, Iris Saimons endures monotonous days: dull classes at university, hours in the library, and rare get-togethers with friends. Her father, who started a new family, has crossed her out of his life. Her mother looks at her daughter with contempt. And Iris herself can’t stand herself.
But behind the façade of this quiet, sorrowful routine, a grim figure watches her from afar—a hired mercenary she’d better never cross paths with.
And yet, a collision is inevitable: he’s been assigned a dangerous mission, and Iris is his target. From that moment on, the fates of two lost people become intertwined, igniting a painful curiosity and feelings they aren’t ready to admit—to themselves or to each other. Torn out of her familiar world, Iris is drawn under the control of an unpredictable man who, from a young age, was taught only one thing—how to kill.
His name is Lakestone. And it inspires fear.
Before long, they will have to choose one of two things: survive… or die.
Sara Rivens’s earliest works (born in 1998) were posted on Wattpad—the largest online platform for readers and authors. Over time, she became the most famous and widely read Algerian writer in her country’s history and one of the most popular authors in France. Her trilogy “The Slave” has been translated into eleven languages; on Wattpad, these books have gathered twenty-three million reads, and the total print run of the French editions has long since exceeded seven hundred thousand copies. The series has cemented itself among bestsellers and, after the release of the final installment, managed to edge out even Prince Harry’s memoirs. Sara Rivens’s duology “Lakestone,” the “The Slave” spinoff—this is a new loud peak in dark romance, and its French print runs have already crossed the half-million mark.