Where Crown Learns To Break

A prince who plays with hearts meets a princess who carries fire in her bones.

Sent on a diplomatic mission to the fire-forged kingdom of Ignisia, Prince Leonidas Aetheris expects glittering feasts, political games, and a predictable courtship with the kingdom's formidable heir.

But Princess Kaia Volcanus is missing.

What he finds instead is a woman sleeping beneath a sacred tree, a tattooed warrior stalking the midnight streets, and a kingdom alive with embers, secrets, and ancient magic.

For Kaia, duty is a shield, love a distraction, and princes are pretty ornaments—until a charming, inconvenient wind of a man saves her life and refuses to leave her side.

As a week-long festival of sacred flames ignites around them, they must navigate glittering courts, treacherous rivals, and trials of fire and faith. But when a theft threatens the very heart of Ignisia, their uneasy alliance becomes the only thing standing between their kingdoms and ruin.

In a world where gods sleep and loyalties burn, two heirs from clashing kingdoms must decide:
Is this a game of crowns—
or the start of something real?