Tell me your nightmares. . .

One night changes everything.

Ember doesn't know how, but on the brink of death, she calls to them. They come in the darkness, like phantoms in masks, and rescue her from her pain. But that rescue comes with a price. Her soul. She must give all she is to the Cirque, where it doesn't only house you, it owns you.

Nothing is ever as it seems and the truth behind the striped curtain is no small matter. Can Ember keep her vow? Can she embrace the madness the Cirque demands?

After all, the Cirque isn't just a home for freaks and runaways, but also for those who will kill to protect it. They'll carve a bloody path through the world, preying on the predators no one else dares to. When the Cirque calls, they answer.

The Cirque demands blood.

It demands payment.

And pay Ember must, with her soul or theirs. . .

Welcome to Cirque Obscurum, where the cards never lie. . .

Pine Valley is a school rich in both history and legacy and is once more opening its doors to another year of students.

Evan Shaw has wanted to be a photographer for as long as he can remember, and Pine Valley is the place to go to make that happen. What he didn't expect was to be sworn into a secret society with a dark history—or to fall in love with a man so filled with anger, there might never be hope for them.

Alek Anders doesn't believe in love, nor does he have the time for it. He can't chase his dreams like all the rich college kids around him, he has his family to look after and food to keep on the table. Then comes Evan. Everything he's not, he pushes all of Alek's buttons.

Love is fickle, though, and when students start showing up dead, they will either have to work together or fall apart to discover the truth.

Can the past be undone and hope be found even in the darkness?

Can Evan and Alek withstand what Pine Valley has in store for them, or will racing hearts be all that's left?

Fallon is an ice princess, or so everyone calls her—everyone but him.

Kage has been obsessed with the dark folk singer for as long as he can remember, and after a chance encounter, he vows to make her his.

However, loving Fallon is no easy feat. She breaks hearts, refusing to claim them, and when her past comes into the light, the reason why is obvious.

Can Fallon and Kage survive the ghosts that haunt her?

Will Fallon embrace her pain and finally speak her truth, or will she simply melt away?

Find out tonight in a surprise live broadcast, where the past doesn't always stay dead.

Long may she riot!

Welcome to the kingdom of Dresha, where power is everything, and the subjects are used as pawns.

Alyx was not born to be an assassin, but life is hard for orphaned children in the kingdom. With no other choice, she picks up the blade and forges herself into a weapon, becoming part of an infamous underworld gang. The Daggers. Years later, despite her cold-heartedness, she saves a man from a fate worse than death.

That man turns out to be none other than the king.

With his sights set on Alyx and the skills she possesses, he offers her a deal she cannot refuse—pretend to be his betrothed and discover who is plotting to kill him in return for everything she has ever desired.

What the king doesn't know is the only thing she truly desires is revenge.

Kingdoms will rise or fall, friendships will be broken, and truth's will be revealed.

Can you survive the Kingdom of Crowns and Daggers?