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The King Who Chose Her

(2025)
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I crashed on the wrong planet and landed in the throne room of a king who hates humans.

King Rhykan of Varos is everything they warn you about in deep-space taverns—cold, ruthless, carved from stone and starlight. His people glow like galaxies. His word is law.

And now I’m his problem.

Mara Quinn, accidental trespasser, stranded with no ship, no way home, and a grumpy alien king who looks at me like I’m both a threat and a temptation he refuses to touch.

He keeps me ‘for my own protection,’ in a glass palace high above a city of light. He glares. I mouth off. Sparks fly.

But the more I see behind his armor, the more I realize something dangerous:

The king who swore he’d never bind himself to anyone is falling for the human who was never meant to step foot on his world.

And when the enemies closing in on his crown use me as leverage, Rhykan is forced to choose:

His throne.
Or the woman who makes him feel alive.


I thought I was just trying to survive this planet.
I didn’t expect to fall for its king.


CROWNED IN STARLIGHT is a standalone, high-heat alien romance featuring a grumpy king, a stubborn human heroine, lots of slow-burn tension, and one explosive, explicit payoff scene.


Genre: Romantic Suspense

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