Part of Cruel Fates
First published 2025
Alira dies again. The Blood Knight's blade finds her throat for the twentieth time, and the world resets. The demigod knight wakes to face another loop in this cursed cycle. Each death reminds her of Thornhall, the innocent village she destroyed in the war between demigods and demons. The guilt eats at her as much as the Blood Knight's repeated executions. She makes a desperate choice to break free. She will marry Kalel, the very demon who kills her in every loop. He is a duke of demons, a creature who feeds on demigod blood and should despise her for what she did to Thornhall. Yet as Venus's daughter and this demon lord unite their fates, something shifts between them. Kalel finds his hatred wavering into something more dangerous. Together they dig into the mysteries of Faultore, discovering that gods manipulate their world from the shadows. Their kingdoms hang in the balance, and their love may be the only thing that can save both realms. The question becomes what they will destroy to protect what matters most.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy, fantasy-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, epic, intense, romantic, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, found-family, time-loop
Setting: Thornhall, Faultore
358 pages · Paperback · K. M. Moronova
Content warnings: death, violence, war