
The Vampire King's Stolen Mate
A Court-Intrigue Romantasy of a Bargain with a God, a Marriage of Alliance, and the Crown Built on BloodBy Dean AshburyLength7h 51m
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Paranormal Romance — slow burn romance, happily ever after, swoony romance reads.
Fated-mates paranormal romance. Small-town secrets. The enemy who claimed her heart. A Sun Court healer must marry the Night Court spymaster she despises to save her brother from a wasting curse, only to discover his sister is her court’s prisoner—and the only cure lies in a bond neither of them trusts.
Alara Voss has spent her life in the golden light of the Sun Court, healing wounds and hiding the truth that could destroy her: her brother, Kael, is dying from a curse that no Sun mage can break. When the Night Court spymaster, Darian Ashvale—the cold, ruthless shadow who once betrayed her family—arrives with an offer, Alara knows it’s a trap. But the price of refusing is Kael’s life. The marriage is a political sham, a treaty sealed with a ring she never wanted. Yet as she steps into the Night Court’s shadow-draped halls, she discovers the true cost: Darian’s sister, Lyra, is chained in the Sun Court’s dungeons, the key to the cure buried in a bond that binds their souls together.
Now Alara faces an impossible choice: break the fated-mates bond before it consumes her—and let Kael die—or trust the man who has every reason to destroy her. But Darian’s secrets run deeper than the shadows he commands, and the bond that ties them is older than either court remembers. As a forbidden power awakens within her, Alara realizes the curse isn’t just killing her brother—it’s unraveling the fragile peace between the courts. And the only way to save him might be to surrender to the enemy she swore to hate.
Tropes: fated mates, marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, only one bed, morally gray hero, hidden identity, court intrigue, forced proximity, slow burn with a payoff that burns.
Book one of The Fractured Courts series. If you love Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, or Kresley Cole, prepare to fall into a world of shadow and light where betrayal is the only currency and love is the deadliest weapon. Read on for the next book in the series: A Court of Ash and Ember.
Perfect for readers who love **Harley Laroux** and **Liv Zander**.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length7 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Oath I Couldn’t Keep
2Chapter 2 - The Spy Who Knelt
3Chapter 3 - The Ceremony of Lies
4Chapter 4 - The Key in Her Pocket
5Chapter 5 - The Garden of Secrets
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6Chapter 6 - The Price of Essence
7Chapter 7 - The Taste of Shadow
8Chapter 8 - The Heist That Failed
9Chapter 9 - The Mirror’s Secret
10Chapter 10 - The Truth Between Us
11Chapter 11 - The Dowager’s Gambit
12Chapter 12 - The Library of Smoothed Pages
13Chapter 13 - The Favor She Owes
14Chapter 14 - The Cell of Echoes
15Chapter 15 - The Blame She Bears
16Chapter 16 - The Shadow He Keeps
17Chapter 17 - The Festival of Lanterns
18Chapter 18 - The Kiss That Wasn’t
19Chapter 19 - The Price of a Year
20Chapter 20 - The Queen’s Ultimatum
21Chapter 21 - The Choice That Breaks Her
22Chapter 22 - The Descent
23Chapter 23 - The Grand Gesture
24Chapter 24 - The Cure That Costs
25Chapter 25 - The Light We Choose
26Epilogue
27About the Author