A Caeldris Novel Series by Marly Woode

He knows exactly what she is to him. She doesn't even know his realm exists. When Thorne crosses into Miredon on a covert mission, he is not prepared for the bond to lock onto a healer in an ivory gown like a hand closing around his chest. She is his fated mate — permanent, irrevocable, the greatest gift his realm bestows. He should tell her everything. He cannot. Not yet. Not until the mission is done, the people hunting her are stopped, and she is safe enough to receive the truth... moreHe knows exactly what she is to him. She doesn't even know his realm exists. When Thorne crosses into Miredon on a covert mission, he is not prepared for the bond to lock onto a healer in an ivory gown like a hand closing around his chest. She is his fated mate — permanent, irrevocable, the greatest gift his realm bestows. He should tell her everything. He cannot. Not yet. Not until the mission is done, the people hunting her are stopped, and she is safe enough to receive the truth. Elara has survived Miredon on competence and composure alone. She does not know why the mark appeared on her wrist, why her gift is fracturing at its edges, or why the most dangerous man she has ever met looks at her like she is something he has spent his entire life searching for. She is starting to suspect the answer is going to change everything. She is right. High Lord's Claim is a steamy dual-POV fated mates romantasy featuring a possessive high lord absolutely losing the battle against his own restraint, a healer heroine about to come into devastating power, and a slow burn that earns every moment of heat. Slow burn. Explicit. HEA guaranteed. less

She can read every heart in the realm. His is the first that refuses to open. Crown agent Seraphine Ashford has spent five years weaponizing her empathic magic. She feels emotions the way other people read faces, and no one has ever been hidden from her. Then the Crown sends her after Soren Vael. Soren is a shadow mage who burned his name and his former life after losing his fated mate. His darkness runs so deep that Seraphine's empathy finds nothing where his emotions should be... moreShe can read every heart in the realm. His is the first that refuses to open. Crown agent Seraphine Ashford has spent five years weaponizing her empathic magic. She feels emotions the way other people read faces, and no one has ever been hidden from her. Then the Crown sends her after Soren Vael. Soren is a shadow mage who burned his name and his former life after losing his fated mate. His darkness runs so deep that Seraphine's empathy finds nothing where his emotions should be. He is the first person she has ever encountered who is utterly, maddeningly silent. She cannot feel him. Cannot predict him. And she cannot explain why her magic trembles when he stands too close, or why his voice follows her into dreams she never chose. Soren wants no part of her, or the pull tightening between them with every encounter. But with the Bonding Festival weeks away and thousands of bonded pairs at risk, they are forced undercover together, dangerously close, and running out of time. The deeper they dig into the conspiracy threatening the realm, the closer they get to a truth that will break open Soren's past and tear through everything Seraphine believes about herself. The pull between them is done waiting. The Shadow's Redemption is a standalone fantasy romance featuring a crown agent who feels too much, a brooding shadow mage with walls she can't break through, dangerous secrets, fated mates, and a slow burn that ignites. Explicit. HEA guaranteed. less