Thorns and ravens

Synopsis

In the shadowed realm of Elyndor, where eternal twilight wars ravage fractured kingdoms and the Void Court feeds on broken souls, Violet Nightshade seizes the thorny throne of the Nightshade Enclave in a river of blood and steel. A warrior queen with no magic—only unmatched blade skill and unyielding will—she expects nothing but endless conflict and betrayal. But when she rides to the Whispering Woods to confront the invading Raven King, everything changes. In a brutal duel amid falling snow, Violet defeats Xavier Blackthorne, pinning the powerful storm-raven monarch against an ancient oak with her blade at his throat. In that frozen moment of defiance and raw recognition, their souls resonate. A soul bond ignites—black thorns and silver ravens coiling like living bracelets around their wrists. Irreversible. Painful. All-consuming. Xavier, the ruthless Raven King, becomes dangerously obsessed from the instant she bested him. He will stop at nothing to claim her—not just as an ally, but as his queen. Secretly protecting her borders, eliminating her enemies, and engineering a political marriage between their rival kingdoms, Xavier’s every move is for her… even as he hides the depth of his fixation. Violet, who values her hard-won independence above all, fights the bond’s pull even as it amplifies her strength and exposes her vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, her Twin Flame bond with Kat Everhart—the sharp-witted Keeper of the Gilded Archive—offers a sisterhood forged in ink and quiet thorns. As Kat forms her own soul bond with Elias Blackthorne, the scholarly younger prince, the four become an unlikely circle of thorn and raven. But the Void Court rises, ancient curses awaken, and soul bonds are weapons as much as gifts. In a world that punishes connection, Violet must decide whether to sever the bond that could save her kingdom… or embrace the dangerous love that might destroy her. Thorns of the Raven Court is a dark romantasy of enemies-to-lovers obsession, soul-deep bonds, political intrigue, and found family in a grimdark world. For readers who crave fierce heroines, morally gray kings, painful fated connections, and the brutal truth that the strongest rulers are never truly alone.