Promised to the Pyre

Elyn has two rules for surviving: trust no one, and never hesitate.

When she witnesses a murder by a magralot demon, the same man she took to bed, outlawed magic erupts from her. So Elyn does what survivors do. She finds a scapegoat. A cocky, well-armed stranger passing through town. She'll frame him, prove her loyalty to the Institution, and walk away clean.

There's just one problem. The handsome bastard kidnaps her first.

Aiden, a reckless haxa warrior, drags Elyn across the barrier into the magical world she was raised to fear. At Tör military camp, she has to harness her magic before it consumes her. It's a death sentence either way. If the haxa don't kill her for being human, the secret the demon branded into her will.

When old enemies surface beneath the walls, she's forced to choose: protect herself, or expose her secrets to save the people she never expected to care about.

A new adult romantic fantasy with a morally gray heroine, forced proximity, magic training, and a slow-burn romance that bites.