She was meant to remain a widow. The Living Veil names her Bride.
Three years after her husband's death, Duchess Davina Veyr has rebuilt Greythorne through duty, discipline and an absolute refusal to surrender control of her own life.
Then a black thorn grows through the stone of her courtyard and points directly at her heart.
The ancient Living Veil has chosen Davina for a title the Crown buried beneath centuries of erased women. Bride.
Kiernan Mournvale, the disgraced royal guard she blames for abandoning her husband, returns with orders to deliver her to Blackroot Palace. He knows more about the Night of Briars than he has ever admitted, and the secrets he carries could either save Davina or destroy what remains between them.
But the Veil reacts whenever they touch.
Memories pass between them. Hidden doors begin to open. Each new truth exposes the forbidden devotion Kiernan has concealed for years, while every act of magic strips away another piece of the past Davina is desperate to preserve.
The Crown wants to control her. The Veil wants to claim her. And an ancient rite insists that one woman must disappear so an entire kingdom can survive.
Davina has no intention of becoming history's next obedient sacrifice.
To save Lorian, she must trust the man she has spent three years hating, uncover the original law buried beneath the royal rite and decide how much of herself she is willing to risk for a love that was never supposed to exist.
The Iron Thorn is a dark adult romantasy featuring a widowed heroine, a fallen royal guard, forbidden love, shared memory magic, forced proximity, royal betrayal and a morally grey protector who has loved her far longer than she knows.
