Iron Heart
He took everything from her; she’ll return the favor… even if it kills her.
Nadiya had once been the Beata, meant to change the world with her immense power. Now it had all been ripped out of her. Now she is nothing. She isn’t even a mage anymore.
The abomination who took everything from her also silenced her in order to cover his crimes and retreated back to hide in his temple. As the graduation tournament fast approaches, Nadiya finally discovers the abomination’s plans: to enter the tournament with her magic.
With only a pair of stolen swords, Nadiya is determined to enter the tournament and foil his plans no matter the cost. Unable to tell the truth or warn anyone about his nature, there is only one way for Nadiya to stop him.
Will she be able to keep her heart hard enough to finish him off, even as he swears with every breath that he did it all for her? He doesn’t love her. An abomination like him isn’t even capable of it… right?
For lovers of epic magic, complex characters, and intense, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance with no spice, Iron Heart is book 3 in the Rune Heart series, a YA fantasy perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone, Elise Kova, and Sarah K. L. Wilson!
Celeste Baxendell
Celeste Baxendell has always read anything she could get her hands on, but once she read her first fantasy novel, she was hooked and hasn’t looked back since.
Her love of magic, adventure, and romance hasn’t waned with age, and she endeavors to write devastatingly romantic stories with compelling, complex characters, and finding light in dark times.
She is incredibly blessed to spend her time writing from her favorite chair with her legs curled up under her as she fights the southern heat. When she isn’t writing, she’s either reading, drawing, or sewing, in that order, and most likely thinking about writing as she does.
Rune Heart
Rune Heart consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
