Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmarr #1)
Helen Scheuerer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
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· 257 ratings · 494 pages · Published: 16 Feb 2023

With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend.
Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms.
The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone.
All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.
Will Althea pass the perilous initiation test and take her place as a champion of Thezmarr – or will the invading evil snatch away her dream before it starts?
If you like fierce sword-wielding heroines and brooding, tortured heroes, you will devour this sexy, addictive fantasy adventure.
Blood & Steel is the gripping first book in the heart-pounding, epic romantic fantasy series, The Legends of Thezmarr.
Tagged as:
- fantasy 30
- magic 26
- high fantasy 23
- take-charge heroine 23
- grumpy/cold hero 21
- enemies to lovers 20
- slow burn 19
- warlord/commander hero 19
- warrior heroine 18
- forced proximity 15
- m-f romance 14
- new adult 13
- monsters 13
- forbidden love 13
- gifted/super-heroine 13
- alpha male 12
- war 10
- found family 10
- military 6
- suspense 5
- mystery 4
- independent heroine 4
- paranormal 3
- angst 3
- political/court intrigue 3
- height difference 2
- childfree 2
- witches 1
- historical 1
- secret relationship 1
- betrayal 1
- competent heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- torture of side characters 8
- third party abuse 1
- no hea 1
- misogyny 1
- death / grief 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 21
- third person pov 8
romance tags
The 'The Legends of Thezmarr' series
717 ratings 4.26 ·
cold hero · war · warrior-heroine · dual-pov · strong heroine · fantasy · independent heroine · magic · torture-scs · gifted heroine · found-family · m-f · audiobook · commander · competent heroine · aristocratic heroine · graphic-violence · explicit-open-door · high fantasy · angst
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