Lilacs and Leather

To save her kingdom, she must marry a prince. To survive her own desires, she must surrender to her shadow.

Princess Kasey of Vandarin always knew her hand belonged to the crown. To end a brutal six-year war, she must bind herself to Prince Malakor of Rankor. Expecting a ruthless tyrant, she is instead met with a man who is sweet, gentle, and eager to build a quiet, peaceful life with her. For a brief moment, Kasey lets herself believe the illusion. She forces down the childhood memories of the stables and prepares to play the perfect, dutiful bride.

But there are lethal secrets moving in the dark, and the political alliance is nothing more than a beautiful facade.

The only person who sees the vipers in the court is Garrett-the terrifying, scarred war hero known to the enemy as the Silver Wolf. Sworn to stand exactly three paces behind her chair, Garrett is a silent wall of iron and lethal discipline. He is the man who brutally broke her heart to protect her status, but now watches another man touch her with a predatory fury that threatens to burn the kingdom to ash.
Behind closed doors, the torturous distance between them completely shatters.

Bound by a forbidden, maddening lust that has only grown more volatile with time, Kasey is pulled into a dangerous game of secret midnight encounters and breathless, rough surrender. Trapped between the rigid stays of her royal gowns and the intoxicating, possessive touch of her guard, Kasey's world blurs into a fever dream of raw passion and hidden bruises.
The prince may claim her hand by day, but her shadow owns her body, her breath, and her soul by night. And as the danger closes in on the palace, the Silver Wolf has already made his ultimatum: he will tear the world apart piece by bloody piece before he lets anyone else keep what is his.