She swore to kill him. He swore to ruin her.
Talia, the disgraced heir of a fallen Evermere family, has one chance to save her dying brother. Bound by a deadly blood oath, she must cross the veil into the cursed Ruined Lands and assassinate the Shadow King.
First, she must survive the brutal trials of Noxhaven, a fortress carved above the Abyss where monsters roam the halls and rivals die screaming. But the moment Talia stands before the Shadow King with his blade beneath her chin and his power forcing her to her knees, she realizes the monster ruling Noxhaven may be far more dangerous than the horrors lurking below.
Because the Shadow King knows exactly what she is the instant he sees her:
His fated mate.
Their bond is violent, addictive, and impossible to resist.
And the Shadow King has already given her a new name—Little Ruin.
But Talia’s oath demands his death, and the Shadow King was never meant to love gently. He was made to conquer kingdoms, destroy enemies, and bend entire realms to his will. As the trials grow deadlier, Talia finds herself torn between the brother she crossed realms to save and the villain who refuses to let her go.
Surrender to the shadows in this dark gothic slow-burn romantasy filled with deadly trials, forbidden obsession, monstrous magic, fated mates, and a villainous Shadow King who would burn the realms to ash before losing her.
For readers who love:
- Morally grey alpha heroes
- Dark magic trials
- Enemies to Lovers
- Fated Mates
- Fae and supernatural creatures
