Length8h 23m
About this audiobook
He has never been refused a bride. He has never asked one.
Maren Vale broke the Briar's curse with a lie. Now the first snow has come, and with it a courteous stranger who cannot lie. Her bloodline owes him a life, borrowed nine hundred years ago, and the man she loves has been paying the interest with his years.
Winter's terms are simple: come north by midwinter and read every account he keeps. So Maren walks the open road to Rimehold, a house where nothing is given and everything is lent, where every loaf is baked back, and where the chair at the master's right hand stands empty.
But a deposed king is traveling north too, with a list in his head and a child who counts everything. And when the thaw comes, someone will have to pay.
A dark fairy-tale romantasy of debts, bargains and winter, and a love that keeps its terms.
The Winter Groom is Book Two of the Briar Bride series. Begin with The Briar Bride.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (13)
Includes Goodreads
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length8 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Part One: The Terms
2Chapter 1: The Morning After the Snow
3Chapter 2: Gilly’s Table
4Chapter 3: The Queen on Trial
5Chapter 4: Dessa’s Stone
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6Chapter 5: Rue
7Chapter 6: Saint Orrin’s Fold
8Chapter 7: The Empty Cell
9Chapter 8: The Lantern at High Fold
10Part Two: The House of Accounts
11Chapter 9: The Open Road
12Chapter 10: The Village That Kept Its Dead
13Chapter 11: The Snow Inn
14Chapter 12: Rimehold
15Chapter 13: The Reading Room
16Chapter 14: Lavender’s Page
17Chapter 15: The Security
18Chapter 16: Two Keepers
19Chapter 17: The Proposal
20Part Three: The Winter Court
21Chapter 18: Terms One and Two
22Chapter 19: A Letter on the Glass
23Chapter 20: Hadrian Arrives
24Chapter 21: Rue in the Cold House
25Chapter 22: The Child Cannot Count
26Chapter 23: Merrow’s Ledger
27Chapter 24: The Keeper’s Draft
28Chapter 25: The Deed
29Chapter 26: The Consent
30Part Four: The Thaw
31Chapter 27: Two Documents
32Chapter 28: Ada’s Offer
33Chapter 29: The Thaw
34Chapter 30: What Hadrian Pledged
35Chapter 31: The Road South
36Chapter 32: The Assembly’s Answer
37Chapter 33: Rue’s First Day
38Chapter 34: With the Lights On
39Chapter 35: First Snow
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