Kiera Vane has spent years paying for her father's ruin. Her noble house is disgraced, buried in debt, and one signature away from collapse. When the Ember Court buys everything her family owes, the payment demanded is not coin. It is her. Bound by old fae contract law, Kiera must become the bride of Ashen Vaelthorn, the feared Ember King, for one year and one day-or watch her younger sister suffer the price instead.
Ashen is colder than the rumors promised, ruthless before his court and impossible to read. But behind closed doors, he is not the monster Kiera expected. He refuses to touch what the bargain gives him no right to claim, protects her in ways he will not explain, and hides a truth powerful enough to destroy them both. As assassins strike, court nobles whisper, and a dangerous Frost Court envoy circles too close, Kiera begins to feel something ancient waking in her blood.
The bargain was never about debt. Kiera is not a hostage. She is a key. Her hidden Ember magic could save Ashen's throne-or break the wards protecting his court. And when betrayal rises during the succession rites, Kiera must choose between the freedom she has always wanted and the king she was never supposed to want. Dark, romantic, dangerous, and filled with fae court intrigue, Crown of Embers begins a seductive fantasy romance series where love is a weapon, blood is power, and every crown demands a sacrifice.