The Starlight Thorn

In the kingdom of the Sundered Plains, Lyra Solari is a woman defined by what she destroys. Cursed with a touch that withers all life, the exiled botanist searches for the Midnight Tendril-a mythical vine rumored to bloom only during a total eclipse. It is her only hope to break her blight, but the price of salvation is steeper than she imagined.

When the moon finally masks the sun, Lyra's blood accidentally awakens Vesperian, a spirit-knight bound to the vine for millennia. He is her protector, her captive, and soon, her heart's greatest desire. But their awakening has not gone unnoticed. The Arch-Magus Malakor is hunting the plant's celestial magic to secure eternal life, and his armies are turning the world to ash to find it.

As the vine begins to die, so does Vesperian. To save the man she loves and prevent a tyrant from seizing godhood, Lyra must embrace the very destruction she has spent her life fleeing. In a world at war, she must decide if her touch is a curse or the precise weapon needed to save a fading realm.

Love and duty collide in this breathtaking romantic fantasy where the brightest stars are born from the deepest shadows.