The Thief and the Traitor Bride (The Hand and the Heart, 2)

When Nore Gordon receives orders to infiltrate enemy lands and retrieve a powerful relic, she's prepared for danger, deception, and almost certain death — just not for the name on her mission briefing: Caspian. Her estranged husband. The most infuriating man alive.

A spy of extraordinary skill, Nore has built an impenetrable cover as a respected wine merchant, masking her true loyalty to the Lindle crown beneath silks and careful smiles. She navigates courts and shadows with equal ease. What she cannot navigate, apparently, is working alongside the roguish thief she married three years ago and hasn't spoken to since.

Caspian is undeniably the best person for the job — and they both know it. That doesn't mean Nore has to be gracious about it.

Forced into uneasy partnership, Nore and Caspian must cross hostile borders, keep their identities hidden, and resist the dangerous pull of a history that never quite let either of them go. Old wounds surface fast when you're sharing close quarters and even closer secrets. And in a world of relics and rival kingdoms, it turns out the most treacherous thing isn't the enemy — it's the way Caspian still looks at her like she's the most extraordinary woman he's ever seen.

Set in a lush, high-stakes romantasy world, The Thief and the Traitor Bride is a slow-burn, sharp-tongued second-chance romance that proves some battles are worth losing. Readers won't see the ending coming — and won't want it any other way.