Vow of the Glasswood Queen
Ilyra Sen reads magical contracts in color and hides her heart behind flawless preparation. Caelan Rook, cursed king of the dusk court, hides his terror behind idle charm. Twelve years after their courts signed an uneasy peace, the sentient Glasswood forest begins speaking in the voices of the vanished — and Ilyra is sent to accuse the king of breaking it. When their hands meet on the treaty's living root, their magic binds against their will, and the only way to silence the forest is to recover three missing covenant seals, each demanding a different sacrifice: a public truth, a relinquished throne, a freely given memory. As enemies become allies become something far more dangerous, Ilyra learns her revered mother authored the very loophole feeding Caelan's curse, and Caelan discovers the council he trusted has been engineering his dependence for years. A consensual act of desperate magic saves Ilyra's life at the cost of the memory that once explained her trust in him — and Caelan must earn her back with nothing but the truth of who he is now. Mythic, sensual, and politically ruthless, this enemies-to-lovers romantasy asks what a promise is worth when the forest itself remembers every lie — and rewards every truth. A complete standalone HEA, with a world built to hold more. Free sample available.
About the story
Ilyra Sen reads magical contracts in color and hides her heart behind flawless preparation. Caelan Rook, cursed king of the dusk court, hides his terror behind idle charm. Twelve years after their courts signed an uneasy peace, the sentient Glasswood forest begins speaking in the voices of the vanished — and Ilyra is sent to accuse the king of breaking it. When their hands meet on the treaty's living root, their magic binds against their will, and the only way to silence the forest is to recover three missing covenant seals, each demanding a different sacrifice: a public truth, a relinquished throne, a freely given memory. As enemies become allies become something far more dangerous, Ilyra learns her revered mother authored the very loophole feeding Caelan's curse, and Caelan discovers the council he trusted has been engineering his dependence for years. A consensual act of desperate magic saves Ilyra's life at the cost of the memory that once explained her trust in him — and Caelan must earn her back with nothing but the truth of who he is now. Mythic, sensual, and politically ruthless, this enemies-to-lovers romantasy asks what a promise is worth when the forest itself remembers every lie — and rewards every truth. A complete standalone HEA, with a world built to hold more.
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By HoneyBooks Studio. Listed listening length: 55 minutes. Category: Romantasy. Story dynamics: Enemies to Lovers, magical bond, cursed king, quest romance.
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