Two courts have hated each other for twenty-two years over a massacre neither of them actually caused. A forced border patrol is about to make that very hard to keep believing.
Yselle Wrayburn has spent nineteen years cutting yew for Bowmarch's bows and hiding a gift she trusts no one to know about. When she cuts living yew with her own blade, the sap reveals what is true—and what is a lie.Then livestock begin dying on both sides of the ancient border, and each court blames the other for unleashing the starving dragon Orvanth. With tensions threatening to ignite another war, Bowmarch and Elkmoor's elders force an emergency joint patrol.
Yselle is paired with Sethric Wrenlock, Elkmoor's most disciplined warden—and the son of a man whose life was ruined by the very betrayal Bowmarch has spent two decades blaming on the other court.
They expect hostility. They do not expect to find a dragon too exhausted to care which court is right. Or evidence that the massacre that shattered their world may have been built on a lie.
As Yselle and Sethric follow a trail someone has spent twenty-two years burying, duty becomes trust, trust becomes something far more dangerous, and the truth puts a target on both their backs.
Because someone is willing to kill again to keep the courts divided.
Perfect for readers who love reluctant-alliance romance, rival fae courts, hidden-power heroines, dangerous secrets, dragons, and a slow-building romance between two enemies forced to trust each other.
- 🏹 Two wardens from rival courts forced into an uneasy alliance
🌲 A hidden-power heroine who reads truth and lies in fresh yew sap
⚔️ A decades-old feud built on a secret someone will kill to protect
🐉 A starving dragon caught between two courts at the edge of war
❤️ A standalone romantasy with a satisfying HEA
Full-length romantasy novel. Standalone love story with a satisfying HEA. Intended for adult readers.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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