Elian Veyr has spent years running from people who believe his sprite blood and unsanctioned magic make him a criminal before he opens his mouth. Theft keeps him fed. Quick thinking keeps him free. And Rowan Valcrest, the maddeningly persistent witch-hunter who has chased him across roads and forests for nearly two years, keeps ruining otherwise excellent escape plans. Their rivalry should end with handcuffs. Instead, a supernatural encounter changes the rules and binds them together in a way neither expected. Suddenly the fugitive and the hunter must travel side by side while curses, magical creatures, royal politics, and a growing list of enemies make separation more dangerous than staying close. Rowan's identity carries its own complications, and Elian's warrant does not disappear simply because attraction has become impossible to ignore. The more they learn about one another, the less either fits the role the other was taught to hate. Their reluctant partnership becomes a marriage they must decide whether to escape or defend, just as threats inside the royal court pull them into a mystery involving attacks, forbidden magic, and people willing to frame anyone useful. Vows of the Thornwild Stream is a gay fantasy romance blending enemies-to-lovers tension, witchcraft, adventure, magical marriage, royal intrigue, and sharp humor. It follows a thief who survives by trusting no authority and a hunter raised to enforce the law as they discover that choosing each other may be the most rebellious act either has ever committed, and the only vow neither wants to break.
Elian Veyr has spent years running from people who believe his sprite blood and unsanctioned magic make him a criminal before he opens his mouth. Theft keeps him fed. Quick thinking keeps him free. And Rowan Valcrest, the maddeningly persistent witch-hunter who has chased him across roads and for...