Court of Lies and Deceit: Flame and Thorns, Book 3

She swore she would burn his kingdom to ash before she ever trusted him again.

Now they share a throne.

Seraphine has survived assassins, betrayals, and the devastating realization that the man she despises most is the only one capable of protecting her crown. Caelen knows every weakness she tries to hide—because he spent years cataloging them, back when destroying her was the plan. Back before everything changed.

The court watches them with hungry eyes, waiting for the cracks to show. And cracks there are. Every stolen glance across the war table. Every argument that ends with them too close, breathing too hard, remembering things they agreed to forget. Their alliance demands performance, but what burns between them feels terrifyingly real.

Caelen tells himself it's strategy. Seraphine tells herself it's survival. Neither of them is particularly convincing.

But when a threat emerges that could shatter everything they've bled to build, the lies they've told themselves unravel faster than the ones they've told each other. Choosing each other means trusting someone who once chose against them—and in a court built on deception, trust is the most dangerous weapon of all.

Some flames don't destroy. Some of them *forge*.

For fans of political intrigue, slow-burn tension that finally ignites, and enemies who fall so hard there's no coming back—*this is the book you've been waiting for.*