Cinder Vale (Book 3 in the Sins of the Zodiac Series)

Fate doesn't favour the wicked in the third installment of the hit Zodiac Academy spin-off series. Created by Amazon and WSJ #1 bestsellers Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, this is the latest must-read in a world with over 15 million copies sold.

The wild is calling.

The war is raging. Our leaders are lying.

And I'm starting to play treason all too often in my dreams.

The land is rife with secrets which whisper to me on the wind and the destiny I had so long desired is souring now that I've claimed it.

I want to follow the path that has been laid out for me but with every step I take down it, my gut twists with doubts and my heart pounds to a traitorous beat.

There is a secret in the heart of our lands. I don't know who's keeping it and I don't know what uncovering it will mean, but I find myself wanting to unveil it for all to see.

I'm torn between the life I've always claimed to want and the truth which is calling out for me to discover it. But if I allow myself to entertain these doubts which are rising in the corners of my mind then I may find myself a traitor to all I've ever been.

Not that my heart minds treachery. It races for a man I should hate, thunders at the promise of his touch, pounds at the thought of his kiss.

I shouldn't ache for him the way I do. I shouldn't want any of the things I yearn for in the dead of the night. But my eyes still find him in every room, my mind lingers on him when we are parted and my soul burns for him in every waking moment.

He can't be mine. I won't be his. But perhaps fate has different designs in mind for us...

***This is an enemies to lovers romantasy series set in the same world as Zodiac Academy, but it's a dark and villainous tale of its own. You haven't met tainted souls like these before or enemies that hate each other as deeply as these characters do. Book 3 in the series will leave your heart raw and bloody. You'll be left gasping for breath and aching for more of the dark and twisted Fae who lurk between the pages and they might just be irredeemable...***

Author: Caroline Peckham,Susanne Valenti
Publisher: King's Hollow
Published: 03/31/2026
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.07h x 5.92w x 2.06d
ISBN: 9781916926356

About the Author
Caroline Peckham is a #1 Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com bestselling romance author who has sold over 7 million copies across her bestselling romantasy series, Zodiac Academy, as well as many more copies of her other fantasy and contemporary romance series. She co-writes full time with her sister, Susanne Valenti, and together the two of them work in their garden office in the UK, overlooking a lush green garden full of wildlife. They don't shy away from cliff-hangers and challenging redemption arcs for their love interests, and their leading women are always strong-hearted with fierce souls, the kind that never give up no matter what the authors throw at them.

Susanne Valenti is a #1 Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com bestselling romance author who has sold over 7 million copies across her bestselling romantasy series, Zodiac Academy, as well as many more copies of her other fantasy and contemporary romance series. She co-writes full time with her sister, Caroline Peckham, and together the two of them work in their garden office in the UK, overlooking a lush green garden full of wildlife. They don't shy away from cliff-hangers and challenging redemption arcs for their love interests, and their leading women are always strong-hearted with fierce souls, the kind that never give up no matter what the authors throw at them.