Crowned by Thorns

Serafin Ashbourne never meant to become a weapon. She only wanted to keep a house alive.

After shattering a crown and defying a lord made of smoke, Serafin should finally be free—but the House she woke now hungers for beginnings, and every beginning has a cost. Bound to Kaelen by a tether that burns hotter with every truth they speak, she is thrust deeper into a world of courts who fear what she has become… and covet what she carries.

When the High Lord rises again—broken, scattered, furious—Serafin faces a choice that is no choice at all: surrender the magic she forged, or remake the world that tried to claim her.

With relics that sing, shadows that bite, and a bond that blurs the line between salvation and ruin, Serafin must decide what she’s willing to make—and what she’s willing to unmake—to keep the knife she loves breathing beside her.

Perfect for readers of gothic fantasy, intimate magic systems, and slow-burn bonds forged in the dark, Crowned by Thorns is the stunning sequel to Bound by Shadows.