Exiled under a blood-red moon, Seraphina Elowen is sent into the Forgotten Woods to die—until the forest answers her with a crown made of hunger.
The realm that betrayed her calls the woods a cursed wasteland. Seraphina learns it’s a throne room. Ancient magic wakes in her skin, and four ruined men—one wolf-shifter built for violence, one spirit stitched to shadow, one Unseelie knight bound to a murderous blade, and one fallen prince drowning in guilt—swear themselves to her in oaths that feel like spells.
But power doesn’t rise quietly. Soldiers push past the trees with steel and arrogance, and something worse waits beyond the veil—Death Queens who want what she’s awakened.
To reclaim what was stolen, Seraphina must choose what kind of ruler returns from exile: the woman who once begged for mercy, or the force that makes kingdoms kneel.
High-heat dark romantasy with possessive devotion, dangerous magic, and why-choose romance—where vengeance tastes like wildfire and the woods remember their queen.