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In the ancient, ivy-choked realm of Verdelune, where elf courts glitter with beauty and rot beneath the surface, Briar Thornvale does not belong-and she never intended to. A fierce faerie with nature woven into her blood, Briar was raised by a feared ogre, Hansel Bramblehook, alongside his half-elf children, learning loyalty, strength, and survival far from polished spires.
When Briar is forced into the cruel elegance of the High Court, she collides with Prince Rhysand grey-arrogant, ruthless, and devastatingly beautiful. He despises her openly, masking something darker beneath his mockery and sharp smiles. She hates him just as fiercely, meeting every insult with thorns bared and chin high.
Enemies by choice and fate, they are drawn into a slow-burning war of words, power, and stolen glances as court politics tighten and old magic stirs beneath Verdelune's roots. As hatred blurs into longing, Briar and Rhysand must decide whether love can survive pride, cruelty, and a world determined to tear them apart-or whether some hearts are destined to remain at war forever.