First published 2024
Aria and her sisters ride back into Haven Falls on a rescue mission. One of their own has gone missing, and the Human Realm is not the place they left behind. A man named Knox has declared himself king while they were gone, and he is arrogant, calculating, and impossible to ignore. Aria is a witch of the Hecate bloodline, but she is beginning to suspect she is something far greater than that. Knox has been engineering a war for five hundred years, and his plan was simple: move into Haven Falls, set his pieces on the board, and leave. Aria was not part of the plan. She challenges his rule openly, and he finds himself wanting her in ways that contradict everything he has worked toward. She is his sworn enemy. He is her obstacle. Between them, the tension catches fire fast. Aria has to decide whether she will push past her limits to save her sister or let Knox pull her off course. Knox has to choose between the revenge that has driven him across centuries and the woman he cannot stop craving. Neither choice is clean. War is already coming. The question is who gets burned first.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, dark-fantasy, fantasy-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, tension-filled
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-attraction, found-family
Setting: Haven Falls, Human Realm
604 pages · Paperback · Amelia Hutchins
Content warnings: violence, war