CROWN OF BRIAR & BONE Kindle Edition

The land remembers what it is owed.Years ago, to save his kingdom from famine, King Lucan Vane bound the root of the realm to his own marrow. The fractures in stone sealed. The fields bloomed. The people survived.But the ritual was never meant to be borne by one body.Now gold veins creep through the capital’s black marble — and through Lucan’s skin. The palace walls groan at night. The bell tower splits and seals in the same breath. And something ancient presses beneath his ribs when the earth trembles.Summoned to study the spreading fractures, scholar Eveline Vale expects failing architecture.Instead, she finds a king whose pulse answers the land.A king whose control falters when she stands too close.The clergy whisper of corruption.The forest people speak of unfinished binding.And the roses blooming through stone — black and crimson — suggest the realm itself is changing.As Eveline uncovers the truth beneath the throne, she realizes the ritual that saved the kingdom was incomplete.The power was never meant to rest in one body.To prevent the fracture from widening and the force beneath Lucan’s bones from breaking free — she must choose whether to remain an observer… or bind herself to him in a way that will mark them both.Because when the land trembles, so does he.And when she touches him, the kingdom steadies.Some crowns are forged of briar.Some are carved of bone.And some can only be worn together Read more