Hearts & Heathens 1: Kill to Love - Penny Sunday

Delphine De Astor has never cried - and worse, she's never felt her heart pull toward a Soulmate.

In a society where that emotional absence brands her as 'Soulless', Delphine is deemed evil, unlovable and disposable. Her sentence? A televised ten-day Execution Battle where the Soulless must fight to the death for public entertainment - complete with commercial breaks for stain remover. Dropped into the chaos pantless and armed with nothing but sunscreen, Delphine faces cannibals, incestuous lovers, men who may just be psychopaths - or Geminis - and a madman in a pink sequinned crop top.

But the most dangerous contender of all is Dig Graves: a notorious serial killer with dark hair, a relentless fixation on Delphine, and a habit of hiding his eyes behind heart-shaped sunglasses. Dig once tried to kidnap her. Now he's hunting her through the Battle.

And when they finally meet, Delphine's heart does something it's never done before...