The Claw and the Crowned
Synopsis
Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price. Slip into this scintillating tale of a young royal whose loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight determined to ruin her. Imryll is unfit to be a princess. Everyone has always told her so. So when the king stuns everyone by crowning her the princeโs consort, her lifโฆ Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price. Slip into this scintillating tale of a young royal whose loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight determined to ruin her. Imryll is unfit to be a princess. Everyone has always told her so. So when the king stuns everyone by crowning her the princeโs consort, her life is completely upended, crushing any lingering dreams of a future away from the suffocating Rhiagain court. Still reeling from the news, she meets Drazhan, the formidable, mercurial knight who wins the right to be her personal guard. But when he defiantly refuses any show of respect, a dangerous spark ignites between them, one she doesnโt know how to extinguish. Worse, sheโs not sure she wants to. The dark knightโs licentious midnight whispers linger over her, commands she feels inexplicably called to obey. His dangerous promises spread their tendrils over her desperate, failed attempts to embrace life with the prince, her childhood best friend. They take her apart and put her back together, piece by agonizing piece. Yet she canโt shake the sense Drazhan is hiding something important. He refuses to explain why he surrendered a life of privilege to become her guard. The roaring vengeance burning in his heart, scorching him from the inside out, is a painful mystery Imryll canโt solve. But she will. Because Drazhanโs revenge doesnโt just start with Imryll. It ends with her. __ The Claw and the Crowned is an electric enemies to lovers fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, with hints of Hades and Persephone. It is the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things. The next two novels in the trilogy, The Duke and the Disciple and The Tempest and the Tides, feature characters introduced in this novel. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilog
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