Rose in Chains

Evil has won—and Princess Briony Rosewood is about to be sold to the highest bidder.

When the dark forces breach her castle walls and the hero prophesied to save her kingdom falls, Briony's world collapses in a single devastating night. Stripped of her magic, her crown, and her freedom, she finds herself among the surviving prisoners of war, facing a future of servitude and shadow. The enemy has claimed everything she loves—her people, her power, her purpose.

But survival has a price, and Briony is nothing if not willing to pay it.

Purchased at auction by the most dangerous lord in the conquering empire, Briony expects cruelty. What she doesn't expect is the simmering, infuriating tension that crackles between her and her captor—a man who is everything she's been raised to despise. He holds her chains. She holds secrets that could destroy him. And somewhere between hatred and proximity, something far more dangerous begins to take root.

This lush dark romantasy blends political intrigue, forbidden magic, and the intoxicating slow burn of two people who should be enemies finding themselves incapable of staying that way. With horror-tinged atmosphere and royalty at its bleeding heart, *Rose in Chains* is the kind of story that fractures you beautifully—then refuses to let you look away.

When the world has already burned, what's left to lose by wanting the wrong person?