Part of The Kingdom of Crows, book 5
First published 2025
Crown princess Isla Ríhbiadh has a talent for disasters. The immortal shifter sorceress stumbles into the steam chamber where the Faerie Ice King bathes, expecting him to freeze her solid for the intrusion. Instead, King Konstantin proposes marriage. Their fake engagement serves one purpose: luring his shifter-hating enemies into a trap. Konstantin wants no part of love, and Isla refuses to fall for anyone who isn't her destined mate. The arrangement should stay simple and strategic. But Isla's plans never work out as intended. Their pretend romance becomes something more dangerous as genuine attraction grows between them. The line separating calculated deception from real desire begins to blur. What started as childhood dreams collides with adult complications. The Ice King and the blundering princess find themselves caught in a game that threatens everything they thought they knew about fate and love.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, fantasy-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, enchanting, romantic, tension-filled
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, fated-mates, forced-proximity, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Faerie realm
468 pages · Paperback