Alchemy & Ashes: A Fantasy Romance (The Shadowbound Duet)

Some assassins use poison. Sylvie plans to use a blade — until God-King Ronan looks at her like she's the only person in the room, and everything she thought she knew begins to unravel.

In this sweeping romantasy, Sylvie has spent her entire life in her sister Adria's shadow, a ghost in the story of their father's failed rebellion. But at the Great Festival, she finally claims her role: the one who finishes what Adria started. The one who drives a blade into the heart of the man who destroyed their family. It should be simple. It should be righteous.

It should not feel like this.

Ronan has ruled through grief and guilt, rebuilding a kingdom shattered by war and held together by sheer will. He is not the monster Sylvie expected. He is something far more dangerous — a man who sees her clearly, who speaks to her like she matters, who makes her question whether vengeance is truly justice or simply a wound wearing a different name.

Caught between loyalty to her sister and a forbidden pull she cannot name, Sylvie must decide what she's willing to destroy to get what she came for. Because in a kingdom built on alchemy and ash, the most volatile reaction isn't fire meeting flame — it's hatred meeting something that feels terrifyingly like love.

Fans of Danielle L. Jensen and Carissa Broadbent won't be able to put this one down.