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When Tamsyn is forced to marry Fell, a brutal warrior from the borderlands, as a sacrificial bride for the kingdom, she expects danger—but not the kind that sets her blood on fire. Their wedding night reveals unexpected passion that shatters everything she thought she knew, and when her deception is discovered, she becomes the enemy of the one man who could destroy her. As Tamsyn navigates her new life with a husband who despises her, she begins to uncover dark secrets buried deep within herself—secrets that suggest she's far more than the lowly servant girl everyone believes her to be. In a world where dragons are extinct and magic is dying, one woman's awakening power could either save the kingdom or burn it to ash.
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Sultry orchestral fantasy with smoldering indie vocals—think Hozier meets epic film scores. Lush, dangerous, and charged with forbidden tension. Ethereal yet intense, building from whispered vulnerability to passionate crescendos. Magic meeting desire in a doomed palace.
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