Coven of Starlight Dreams

He was planning to betray her. She was planning to use him. Love was never part of the deal.

In the depths of Starbridge’s Undercity, Lena Dain is a fugitive, an outlaw inventor who’s just built something that could shatter the Council’s grip on magic forever. The Resonator—her greatest creation—has the power to rewrite the city’s ley lines, freeing magic from the elite. But when her experiments trigger unstable surges, she becomes a wanted woman, hunted by the very forces she swore to defy.

Enter Anthony Rochefort—a powerful aristocrat with a reputation as cold as the city’s towering Spires. Lena is reckless, brilliant, and a threat to everything he’s vowed to protect. He should turn her in. Instead, he strikes a dangerous bargain: help stabilizing the Resonator in exchange for her cooperation.

But Anthony has his own secret agenda. He needs Lena’s invention—not for revolution, but to break a curse that is slowly destroying his brother. Using her is a risk. Wanting her is a mistake. Because the more time they spend together, the harder it is to ignore the fire between them.

He was supposed to betray her. She was never supposed to trust him. But when the truth comes out, love might not be enough to save them.