The Depths

Being the rightful heir to the Barclay throne should be Hanne's greatest triumph—instead, it's a death warrant signed by the kingdom's most trusted hands.

In a realm where no woman has ever ruled, Hanne's birthright makes her a liability. When the mentor she trusted most orchestrates her downfall, she isn't simply exiled—she's thrown into the Depths, a lightless, subterranean world where survival is anything but guaranteed. Below the kingdom she was born to rule, factions of desperate people wage brutal wars over the *apricum*, a luminous root system that serves as both lifeline and the deadliest currency imaginable.

To survive this dark romantasy nightmare, Hanne needs protection, and the only man capable of providing it is Morco—brooding, ruthless chief of the Obsidians, who sees her as nothing more than a pampered surface-dweller with no business breathing his air. He's all cold menace and sharp edges. She's royal blood learning to draw it.

Their alliance begins in contempt and simmers into something far more dangerous. As Hanne strips away every expectation Morco holds about weakness and royalty, and as he reveals the brutal code of honor beneath his hard exterior, the tension between them ignites in ways neither can afford to acknowledge.

*The Depths* is a pulse-pounding action-adventure romance that asks how far a woman will fall before she finally learns to rise—and whether the man beside her will let her do it alone.