Body of Ashes: A dark Rapunzel-inspired romantasy (Elizy Kingdom)

She has been locked in a tower her entire life—and the man sent to kill her might be the only one who can set her free.

In the shadowed kingdom of Elizy, Sera has learned to survive on silence and secrets. Kept hidden by the sorceress who raised her, she knows nothing of the world beyond her stone walls—until a soldier scales her tower with a blade meant for her throat.

He doesn't use it.

Cael is a weapon forged by a crown that demands absolute loyalty. He has followed every order, crossed every moral line, and buried whatever conscience he once owned. Sparing a prisoner was never part of his plan. Neither was returning to her tower. Neither was the way she looks at him like she's memorizing the shape of a person who has never been truly seen.

But Sera carries power she doesn't understand, and someone powerful wants her dead before she does. As Cael unravels the lies surrounding her captivity, he discovers the kingdom he serves may be built on the very ashes she was named for.

Their attraction is inconvenient. His orders are clear. Her growing power is dangerous to them both.

*Body of Ashes* is a lush, dark retelling that asks how much truth a person can survive—and whether love forged in deception can burn bright enough to outlast it.

Some towers exist inside us long after the walls come down.