Girl Games

Welcome to New Imperium — a city ruled by morally dubious houses, where magical tattoos grant power, assassins are paid by contract, and a princess might just be the worst negotiator's biggest weakness.

Girl Games is Ruby Roe's sapphic fantasy heist romance series. Six titles in total: an enemies-to-lovers prequel novella, the main four-book series, and a bonus smutilogue. Expect tattoo magic, deadly Trials, criminal protagonists who would absolutely stab you for a contract, and the kind of slow-burn BDSM-flavoured romance readers describe as "filthy in the best way."

Start with A Game of Hearts and Heists. Ruby's pick for new readers across her whole catalogue. Two deadly women — an assassin and a poisoner — meet in New Imperium and can't decide whether to kill each other or kiss each other. An impossible heist. Ocean's-Eleven energy with a sapphic spine.

Every paperback and hardback ships signed by Ruby. Available in paperback, hardback, ebook, audiobook (everywhere — Audible, Apple Books, Spotify, Kobo) and dyslexia-friendly paperback for the main titles.

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