A phoenix foretold to ruin the throne. A prince destined to slaughter her people. When their fates collide, they’ll save their kingdom or be its doom.

Isoria Gildmere has no intention of fulfilling the prophecy told when she was a child. She doesn’t care about destroying the throne. As a forbidden phoenix shifter, all she wants is to survive. But when her people begin losing their magic and their lives start to fade, she ventures outside her protected town to find answers.

Though she fears the fae who hunt her kind, darker things lurk beyond her home. The dead are rising, and they wield terrifying powers. Ones that threaten the entire kingdom.

Crown Prince Archer Emberglade is committed to protecting his people from the revenants. Even if it means bargaining with the god of death and eradicating every last phoenix, those he believes are to blame. But when he and Isoria have a fateful encounter, they unintentionally form a blood bond, a connection that will kill them if they stray too far from each other.

Now, forced to work together or die, Archer and Isoria must convince his court they’re madly in love, all while desperately fighting a growing undead army and their own tumultuous feelings. But time is running out. And death isn’t the only thing to fear.

If you love slow burn, no-spice enemies to lovers romance, forced proximity (or die!), prophecies and curses, fire magic, meddling gods, high stakes and battles, and dark academia vibes with a soft FMC and a cursed MMC...start reading this standalone today.