The Caged Flame of Hollowmere: She Was Given to a Cursed God. He Was Never Supposed to Love Her. Romance Fantasy

Hollowmere calls Kael a devil: a trickster, a half-giant, a bringer of catastrophe whose curse is the only thing standing between the world and his wrath. For centuries, the villagers have kept him contained—and kept him compliant by bringing women to his mountain prison.

Elara is the latest.

Kael is arrogant, violent, impossible to intimidate, and far too interested in the woman who refuses to worship him. Elara is furious, trapped, and determined to escape. Yet behind the monster Hollowmere fears is a prisoner who has counted every day of his captivity—and who understands the cost of having freedom stolen.

Forced proximity turns to dangerous chemistry. Hostility becomes trust in all the wrong places. And the more Elara learns about Kael, his curse, and the villagers who delivered her to him, the less certain she becomes about who the true monster is.

There may be a way out of the mountain.

But freedom comes with a question no one in Hollowmere wants Elara to ask:

What happens if she escapes—and the god in the cage does too?