An illustrated design for Romance-Landia Bookstore featuring shelves with books and potted plants, along with a central text reading 'Presents The Page Turners Book Club' and the address '204 Banjo Lane, Unit C, Centreville, Md 21617'.

Tropes:

  • Love Triangle

  • Light Fantasy

  • Enemies to Lovers

About This Months Book:

A New York Times bestseller!

This explosive first book in the New York Times bestselling Powerless trilogy follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom’s grueling laws pitting them against each other.

She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.
He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.

Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.

Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be keenly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can to stay alive and out of trouble…easier said than done.

When Paedyn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is…completely Ordinary.

Group of smiling women gathered together indoors, posing for a photo with a pink wall and bookshelf in the background.
A group of women and children gathered in a cozy room with pink walls and bookcases filled with books, celebrating with holiday sweaters and costumes, including a person in a yellow creature onesie with a Dr. Seuss character face on the hood.
A group of people dressed in costumes pose for a photo in a bookstore, some standing and some lying on the floor.
Group of women and children smiling and holding books inside a bookstore or library with pink walls and bookshelves filled with colorful books.