The Heir Beneath the Crown (Book Two)

The crown is ash, but the fire is only beginning.
Belladrya destroyed the ancient throne and freed the entity it imprisoned-only to discover that some prisons exist for a reason. Now the creature that fed on sacrifice walks free, and the vampire court that once ruled through blood and fear crumbles into civil war.
Without the crown's power to bind them, Vexen and Remy must fight for the throne the old way: with armies, alliances, and the kind of brutality that leaves no room for mercy. Both brothers want Belladrya at their side. Both will burn the world to keep her from the other.
But Belladrya has her own war to wage. The fire magic that destroyed the crown is changing her, twisting her into something the brothers barely recognize-and something the freed entity desperately wants. To stop the creature from rebuilding its prison with fresh blood, she'll have to master powers that threaten to consume her from within.
As the court falls and old enemies become necessary allies, Belladrya faces an impossible choice: save the brothers who would cage her, or save herself and watch them destroy each other.

The second book in the Hollow Crown series: a dark romance where the stakes are higher, the betrayals cut deeper, and love might be the most dangerous weapon of all.