A god who wants to marry her. A debt older than her name. A queen who intends to be armed.
Ottilie Blythe has three bonds, a rotting court that finally calls her queen, and an embassy from the Withered King at her gates. Ludovar doesn't want war. He wants his wedding, and by the court's own ancient law his claim has standing.
Emeric, the lord who buried eleven brides and loved two women who chose the mountain over him, finally lays down his vow.
Bram and Crispin close the last of the distance between them.
But every bond that could outrank a god changes her further from human, toward an end even the physician can't name.
Three Troths would make her untouchable and burn away the last of the woman living in her blood, the woman Ludovar means to distill back to life and wear what's left of Ottilie to do it. There is no move that keeps both her and the realm. Except the one only she can see.
Sold once and never again for sale, she stops being the thing everyone spends and becomes the one who sets the terms, for the court, the debt, and the god under the mountain.
Tropes: Why Choose Romance • Vampire Romance • Hades and Persephone • Touch Her and Die • Slow Burn • Gothic Fantasy Romance
Heat Level: Dark-Explicit
Tone: Dark, Emotional
Series Type: Book 3 of 3
Ending: HEA
POV: Multi-POV, First Person, Present Tense
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Ottilie Blythe has three bonds, a rotting court that finally calls her queen, and an embassy from the Withered King at her gates. Ludovar doesn't want war. He wants his wedding, and by the court's own ancient law his claim has standing.
Emeric, the lord who buried eleven brides and loved two women who chose the mountain over him, finally lays down his vow.
Bram and Crispin close the last of the distance between them.
But every bond that could outrank a god changes her further from human, toward an end even the physician can't name.
Three Troths would make her untouchable and burn away the last of the woman living in her blood, the woman Ludovar means to distill back to life and wear what's left of Ottilie to do it. There is no move that keeps both her and the realm. Except the one only she can see.
Sold once and never again for sale, she stops being the thing everyone spends and becomes the one who sets the terms, for the court, the debt, and the god under the mountain.
Tropes: Why Choose Romance • Vampire Romance • Hades and Persephone • Touch Her and Die • Slow Burn • Gothic Fantasy Romance
Heat Level: Dark-Explicit
Tone: Dark, Emotional
Series Type: Book 3 of 3
Ending: HEA
POV: Multi-POV, First Person, Present Tense
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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