Prince of Shadows
by Rachel Caine

A thrilling retelling of the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series.

In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.

Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona...

...And will rewrite all their fates, forever.

Other Books by Rachel Caine

Killman Creek
Stillhouse Lake Series Book 2

Ink and Bone
The Great Library #1

Midnight Bites
Stories of the Morganville Vampires

Prince of Shadows
A Novel of Romeo and Juliet

Dead But Not Forgotten
Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse

Daylighters
The Morganville Vampires #15

Fall of Night
The Morganville Vampires #14

Bitter Blood
The Morganville Vampires #13

Hex Appeal

Black Dawn
The Morganville Vampires #12

Last Breath
The Morganville Vampires #11

The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4
The Morganville Vampires

Bite Club
The Morganville Vampires #10

The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3
The Morganville Vampires

Ghost Town
The Morganville Vampires #9

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Rachel Caine's Bio

Rachel Caine is a fictional character herself ... a pen name of writer Roxanne Conrad. Since 2003, Rachel has written in the adult Urban Fantasy genre (the Weather Warden, Outcast Season, Revivalist and Red Letter Days series) as well as in Young Adult fiction (the Morganville Vampires series and the upcoming novel Prince of Shadows). She is the author of more than forty novels and many short stories, and is regular featured in anthology collections.

Rachel attended high school in El Paso, Texas at Socorro High School, and graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in accounting. She has been a professional musician in several orchestras, run payroll for one of the largest cheerleading organizations in North America, worked as a graphic designer and web designer, and finished up her tour of the corporate world as Director of Corporate Communications for a large international company.

She has been a full time writer since 2009.

Rachel lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband, artist R. Cat Conrad.