Cinder Crown

Chastaine was born to wear the Cinder Crown of Valduryn, the sacred relic that marks the kingdom's divinely accepted heir. But a crown does not make its wearer safe.On the night of her coronation, Chastaine is entrusted to Thalion—the last Paladin of the ancient Order of Wardens, holy protectors sworn to defend Valduryn's royal bloodline. Immortal, impossibly powerful, and bound by an oath older than anyone living can remember, Thalion has spent centuries serving the crown.He has also spent centuries keeping secrets.As violence closes around the throne and the faith Chastaine was raised to trust tightens its grip upon her kingdom, princess and Warden are drawn into a conflict of crown, church, magic, and divine authority.And inevitably, toward one another.But Thalion's devotion was never meant to become love.Because beneath his immortality lies an ancient bargain—and the closer Chastaine comes to discovering what her Warden truly is, the more dangerous their forbidden attachment becomes.And love will consume them both.