The Thorncrown Court · Book One
A Bargain of Thorns
She traded three years of her life to save her sister. He wants the one thing she can't give.
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Steamy fantasy romance. Contains one love scene and some difficult themes (grief and peril).
The bargain
He cannot tell a lie. She has been lying her whole life. He has four hundred years of silence, she has three years of service, and neither of them is ready for what grows in between.
Tamsin Hale is a mortal herbalist with a dying sister and nothing left to sell. So she crosses the border hedge at midnight and strikes a bargain with the Thorn King: three years in his dying court, and Linnet lives.
Idris Marrow is bound by the Old Law. He cannot speak a falsehood or break a bargain. He has not been surprised in four hundred years. Then a stubborn mortal with soil under her nails walks into his court, lies to his face, and makes an apple tree bloom in the dead of autumn.
But the court is hiding the real price of the bargain, and love may cost more than either of them can pay.
- Bargain and fated service
- He can't lie, she can
- Grumpy immortal king
- Stubborn, funny heroine
- Forced proximity
- One warm room
- Slow burn with a steamy payoff
- Found family
- Happily ever after
Why readers will love it
Banter and ache
He answers every question truthfully. She finds that devastating, and very funny.
A court that is waking up
An orchard blooming in winter, a sprite who gossips, a guard captain who is kinder than he looks.
Steam with a heart
A slow burn that ignites, and a love story that earns its happy ending.
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