She was raised to inherit a throne. He was bred to guard the shadows that protect it.
When rebel-born heiress Isolde Vane is dragged back to a court that wants her dead, the only thing standing between her and a blade in the dark is the Shadow Warden—a cold, masked guardian sworn to the very crown she's been taught to destroy. He's everything she was warned about: lethal, secretive, bound by magic he refuses to explain. She's everything he's forbidden to want.
But as a buried conspiracy claws its way toward the throne, Isolde and her warden are forced into an uneasy alliance. Every stolen glance is a risk. Every secret could be a weapon. And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell whether he's protecting her—or falling for the one woman he was sworn never to keep.
In a kingdom built on shadows, the most dangerous thing of all is the truth between them.
