Burning the Bridal Veil

Lira was sold to end a war. Her groom has already refused three wives, sleeps in the locked wing of his own castle, and will not look at her in daylight. Alone in a court that watches her every meal, Lira learns to be two women: the obedient bride at the high table, and the quiet thief in the corridors after dark. What she finds behind the third locked door is worse than a betrayal. It's proof — of what her brothers did, of what her father ordered, of the lie that started the war. Rhys finds her reading it. He doesn't kill her. He hands her a second key. Some marriages end wars. This one plans to end two families. A dark enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance for readers who want the lie to hurt before the truth does.