Moon-Marked Bride

Miren Castaigne has spent twenty years at Princess Rosalind's shoulder, reading rooms, smoothing disasters, and never asking to be the center of anything.At the peace celebration meant to seal Rosalind's marriage to Caradene's crown prince, Miren slips away from the crowd and kisses a stranger in a moonlit gallery. Hours later, she learns his name: Corentin. The prince. Rosalind's intended husband.Walking away should end it. Instead, the pale crescent Miren has carried since birth wakes. When Corentin recognizes the same impossible connection and then chooses duty, silver warmth fractures red across Miren's skin. The mark worsens with every denial, and the old records offer only one possible way to stop it: the bond must be acknowledged without reservation, and Miren must be free to choose whether to accept it.But peace between Bellac and Caradene still rests on Corentin's betrothal to Rosalind. As the royal progress becomes a trail of sabotage, political pressure, and near-fatal accidents, Miren has to help protect the treaty while hiding the bond that could destroy it.The closer she and Corentin get, the harder it becomes to separate survival from desire. And if they want a future together, they will need to save two kingdoms without turning Rosalind into a sacrifice—or Miren into a secret.The Moon-Marked Bride is a high-heat adult fantasy romance with forbidden royal love, a magical bond, political intrigue, fierce female friendship, and a hard-won HEA.