CURSED BY THE CROWN

A dying queen. A rebel commander sworn to destroy her throne. A curse only the two of them can break - if they can survive trusting each other long enough to try.

Elara Varr has ruled Ashveil for eight months, since her father's death left her a fractured kingdom, a war against the rebel Ash Wolves, and an empire circling the border. What she hasn't told her council is that she's dying - coughing ash from a three-hundred-year-old curse hidden beneath her own throne room.

Rhael Ashgrave has spent a decade fighting to avenge his mother's execution and reclaim what the crown stole from his people. He has every reason to let the curse finish what his rebellion started.

Instead, he hands the queen the one truth that might save her life - and starts a war within himself he never saw coming.

As betrayal, invasion, and forbidden magic close in on Ashveil, Elara and Rhael must decide whether the enmity between their peoples can ever become something else - and whether love, freely chosen, is powerful enough to break a debt three centuries in the making.

Cursed by the Crown is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy romance for readers who love forbidden magic, morally complex royals, and a kingdom worth fighting for.