Empire of Lust and Sorrow
(2026)(The second book in the Empire of Ruin series)
A novel by Diana A Hicks
He walked away to save her. Now he’ll burn the world to get her back.
I thought he left to save me.
Now I’m not sure he didn’t leave to break me.
Three months have passed since Tristan disappeared. Since I was forced to breathe without him. Now I feel eyes on me everywhere I go. A presence I can’t explain—dangerous, magnetic, and terrifyingly close.
But when Tristan returns, everything shatters.
He’s not the man I fell in love with. He’s darker. Colder. But he still looks at me like I’m the only thing keeping him alive.
And maybe I am.
Because if we can’t outrun the past, we’ll have to survive what’s coming… together.
A note from Diana: Empire of Lust & Sorrow is book 2 in the Empire of Ruin Trilogy. I highly recommend you read Empire of Ache & Ruin first.
Genre: Literary Fiction
I thought he left to save me.
Now I’m not sure he didn’t leave to break me.
Three months have passed since Tristan disappeared. Since I was forced to breathe without him. Now I feel eyes on me everywhere I go. A presence I can’t explain—dangerous, magnetic, and terrifyingly close.
But when Tristan returns, everything shatters.
He’s not the man I fell in love with. He’s darker. Colder. But he still looks at me like I’m the only thing keeping him alive.
And maybe I am.
Because if we can’t outrun the past, we’ll have to survive what’s coming… together.
A note from Diana: Empire of Lust & Sorrow is book 2 in the Empire of Ruin Trilogy. I highly recommend you read Empire of Ache & Ruin first.
Genre: Literary Fiction