Bound by Hearts & Runes
(2027)Tales from the Whispering Hollows
(A book in the Tales of Talero series)
A novel by Lauren Sanatra
Seventy years ago, the human king banished every non-human creature from his lands, condemning trolls, gargoyles, orcs, fae, elves, merfolk, and goblins to extinction. Their existence was erased from history until they became nothing more than myth and legend.
Or so the humans believed.
Deep beneath the kingdom, Torren and the remaining survivors have endured in secret, and they have seventy years of hatred to repay.
When Princess Maren falls into Torren's hands, he finally has the perfect weapon against the crown. The current king's treasured sister will be his collateral-her life traded for the freedom his people have been denied for generations.
She only needs to survive long enough to make the trade, but that doesn't mean her captivity will be merciful.
Princess Maren only ever wanted the power to help her people. Marrying the Lord of Ashwillow was supposed to give her that chance-until creatures she believed existed only in fairy tales dragged her beneath the earth and made her their captive.
Maren knows her brother will never sacrifice his kingdom to save her, and she's prepared to die because of it.
What she isn't prepared for is finding herself drawn to the troll she should fear.
Enemies by blood. Captor and captive by circumstance. Torren should see Maren as nothing more than a pawn bearing the name of the family that destroyed his people, while Maren should see him as nothing more than the monster holding her prisoner.
But hatred is a dangerous thing when it begins to taste like desire, and the longer Torren keeps his princess, the less certain he becomes that he'll ever be willing to give her back.
Because falling for the enemy was never part of the plan, and when freedom demands he surrender the woman he was supposed to hate, Torren will have to decide just how much his vengeance is truly worth.
Bound by Hearts & Runes is the first part of a dark romantasy duet filled with vengeance, captivity, forbidden desire, and a tragic love that blooms in darkness between a princess and the monster who was never meant to love her.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Or so the humans believed.
Deep beneath the kingdom, Torren and the remaining survivors have endured in secret, and they have seventy years of hatred to repay.
When Princess Maren falls into Torren's hands, he finally has the perfect weapon against the crown. The current king's treasured sister will be his collateral-her life traded for the freedom his people have been denied for generations.
She only needs to survive long enough to make the trade, but that doesn't mean her captivity will be merciful.
Princess Maren only ever wanted the power to help her people. Marrying the Lord of Ashwillow was supposed to give her that chance-until creatures she believed existed only in fairy tales dragged her beneath the earth and made her their captive.
Maren knows her brother will never sacrifice his kingdom to save her, and she's prepared to die because of it.
What she isn't prepared for is finding herself drawn to the troll she should fear.
Enemies by blood. Captor and captive by circumstance. Torren should see Maren as nothing more than a pawn bearing the name of the family that destroyed his people, while Maren should see him as nothing more than the monster holding her prisoner.
But hatred is a dangerous thing when it begins to taste like desire, and the longer Torren keeps his princess, the less certain he becomes that he'll ever be willing to give her back.
Because falling for the enemy was never part of the plan, and when freedom demands he surrender the woman he was supposed to hate, Torren will have to decide just how much his vengeance is truly worth.
Bound by Hearts & Runes is the first part of a dark romantasy duet filled with vengeance, captivity, forbidden desire, and a tragic love that blooms in darkness between a princess and the monster who was never meant to love her.
Genre: Paranormal Romance