A Deal with Thorns

In a crumbling empire where love is forbidden to those of noble blood, 22-year-old Seraphine Virelle is engaged to a prince she's never met. Her only role is to produce heirs and maintain the illusion of peace between two warring kingdoms.

But on the eve of her wedding, Seraphine is kidnapped by The Thorn King -a legendary war criminal believed to have died years ago. Cloaked in myth and shadow, the Thorn King rules a hidden kingdom where "twisted vines bloom in blood and bargains are sealed with kisses that burn".

He offers Seraphine a choice: stay and be his queen, bound to him by a curse neither of them can break, or return to her gilded prison -and start a war that will destroy both realms.

Seraphine decide to stay at first -to spy, then to manipulate, but as she uncovers the truth behind the curse, she begins to question her loyalties -and eventually her heart. Could she ;the rebellious princess, really love what others fear?