Love to Defy You by Kati McRae

IN DEATH WE BECOME GODS. WE ARE GODS AMONG MEN.

Willow

Deferring college for a year to travel the world with Aleksandr Kurochkin was a dream, but now it’s time to wake up.

Except we wake up in a nightmare.

Weltner College is the top university for the most elite families in Europe, but it is also the home of a dark and violent secret society. Their brotherhood spans the globe, and they decide who to instill as world leaders, which countries to overthrow, and which corporations will sink or swim. They puppet the global population the way the gods puppet man.

And Alek and I are just two more pawns on their giant chess board.

Aleksandr

The world’s most elite men send their sons off to university knowing the risk—they might not survive.

Except my father died without warning me of the danger that lies ahead.

Before becoming a member of the Order, one must complete a series of trials on their path to being reborn as a god among men. If I refuse the call or fail, I die. It’s one thing to gamble with my life, but Willow is also caught in the crosshairs of the Order’s mysterious leader. He says Willow was made for this, whatever this is.

But if we survive, I’m not sure if either of us will come out the same on the other side.

This book is the second book in a connected series, and it is highly recommended to read the first book, Love to Fear You, first.

This book ends on a cliffhanger.