Valthyr- The Bloodbound Empires Book 1

They call them the Black Hounds.

Dorian Cade. Finn Ravel. Ashe Draven.

Three of the Emperor's deadliest weapons. Three men sent into the Ashen Marches when ordinary soldiers aren't expected to come home.

Faelyn Ember is supposed to be something far less dangerous.

A daughter.

Quiet. Obedient. Decorative.

And absolutely forbidden from inheriting her father's forge.

What Valthyr doesn't know is that some of the empire's finest blood-rune weapons were never forged by the legendary Garrick Ember.

They were forged by her.

When violence tears away the man who protected her secret, Faelyn inherits his forge, his enemies, and a legacy an entire guild would rather destroy than see placed in a woman's hands.

Then the Black Hounds discover what she really is.

Dorian watches too closely.

Finn seems determined to find out exactly how sharp her teeth are.

And Ashe-the silent, scarred Hound whose runes were designed to make him feel nothing-begins reacting to her in ways neither of them understands.

But something is changing in the Ashen Marches.

Rifts are stirring.

Blood-runes are behaving in ways they shouldn't.

And the empire Faelyn has spent her life arming may be standing on the edge of a war it doesn't understand.

She was never supposed to touch the Crown's anvil.

She may be the only smith capable of forging what comes next.

**A dark fantasy why-choose romance featuring blood magic, demons, political intrigue, a forbidden female blacksmith, morally gray warriors, found family, deadly secrets, and three men who were never supposed to belong to anyone.**