Iron & Embers: The Ashes of Thezmarr, Book 1

She would rather burn Thezmarr to the ground than accept help from the one man who already destroyed everything she loved.

When warrior Wren Embervale is forced to train alongside the insufferable, golden-ranked soldier who cost her everything, she knows one thing with absolute certainty: she will not survive this partnership without committing murder. But Thezmarr is crumbling, ancient darkness pressing against its borders, and the kingdom cannot afford her hatred — no matter how justified.

Cal Whitlock has never met anyone who fights with the ferocity of a woman who has nothing left to lose. He tells himself his fascination with Wren is strategic. He tells himself a lot of things.

Bound by duty and separated by a wound that refuses to scar, these two must forge something from the wreckage between them — or watch everything they've sworn to protect turn to ash. The problem is that every sparring session feels less like combat and more like confession, and somewhere between her fury and his guilt, the line between enemy and ally becomes dangerously blurred.

*Iron & Embers* is a gripping fantasy romance where the hardest battles aren't fought with swords, and where falling for your enemy isn't a choice — it's the most terrifying thing that's ever happened to either of them.

Some fires don't just burn. They *transform.*