First published 2025
Tamsyn occupies an impossible position at court. She carries royal blood but serves as little more than a servant. Her closest companion is Stig, the guard captain who clearly wants more than friendship. Dragons have vanished from the world. Witches live in exile. Magic appears to be dying while human ambition grows stronger. Everything changes when Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands, invades her home. Tamsyn agrees to marry this brutal warrior as part of a deception meant to protect her kingdom. The arrangement forces her to abandon Stig and everything familiar. Fell treats her as an enemy rather than a wife. Yet Tamsyn harbors secrets that could transform everything. When the truth emerges, her hidden power will ignite flames bright enough to consume the entire realm. Magic has not truly died. It has only been sleeping, waiting for an ordinary girl with an extraordinary fate to awaken it.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adventure, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Borderlands
Period: Medieval
400 pages · Paperback · Montena
Content warnings: violence