The Starlaced Realms

A crown of iron thorns bites into Veira Elaryen’s skin—and the Veiled Court answers with blood.

If she can’t outplay the killers stalking her new reign, the Shrouded Throne will fall before it truly begins.

Raised in exile beyond the Veil, Veira returns to a kingdom trapped in endless twilight and crowned on the edge of prophecy. An assassin crashes her coronation. A thorned sigil burns itself into palace stone. Sacred relics vanish from locked vaults—and every masked noble smiles like they’re already choosing her successor.

To survive, Veira claims an unlikely shield: Tristan Cavenor, an exiled knight with a notorious past and a talent for slipping through shadows. Kept in chains for the court to see and trusted in private to do what honor won’t, Tristan becomes Veira’s blade in a war of whispers—even as their alliance turns dangerously intimate.

With rebellion rising and ancient Veil-magic waking hungry for old debts, Veira digs into forbidden archives and blood-bound rites to learn what the crown is really made for. Each secret she uncovers tightens the noose around her realm… and her heart.

CROWN OF THORNS AND VEIL is a dark romantasy of court intrigue, deadly bargains, and slow-burn, enemies-to-allies romance—where the price of power is paid in oaths, fire, and blood.