Length15h 35m
About this audiobook
A dark, explicit marriage-of-convenience romance about a woman who chose a monster to save her house, and the day she learns he chose her first.
Elara Valehart is the daughter nobody sends for. Her hair came in black the winter after a horse broke her knee, and in Valtierra, where pale hair means power, black hair and a limp mean a girl her father keeps at home, in the stillroom, out of sight.
Then the Duke of Veyre rides up the lane for her sister.
Cassian Veyre is the coldest man at court, and it isn't a figure of speech: when he's angry, the ink freezes in the well. He holds her father's debts. He holds proof that beautiful, white-haired Aurelia has been writing to the enemy across the river. And he has an offer for the house of Valehart: a bride, or the crown takes everything.
So Elara stands up in her father's study and tells him to marry her instead.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Fantasy
Length15 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One: The Duke at the Gate
2Chapter Two: Evidence
3Chapter Three: The Wrong Sister
4Chapter Four: Before Dawn
5Chapter Five: The Border (I)
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6Chapter Five: The Border (II)
7Chapter Six: Another Daughter
8Chapter Seven: Terms
9Chapter Eight: The Black Haired Bride
10Chapter Nine: Veyre (I)
11Chapter Nine: Veyre (II)
12Chapter Ten: Separate Rooms (I)
13Chapter Ten: Separate Rooms (II)
14Chapter Eleven: The Brace (I)
15Chapter Eleven: The Brace (II)
16Chapter Twelve: Dinner at Veyre (I)
17Chapter Twelve: Dinner at Veyre (II)
18Chapter Thirteen: A Place at Court (I)
19Chapter Thirteen: A Place at Court (II)
20Chapter Fourteen: Cárdena (I)
21Chapter Fourteen: Cárdena (II)
22Chapter Fifteen: Lady Sabine (I)
23Chapter Fifteen: Lady Sabine (II)
24Chapter Sixteen: The Open Door (I)
25Chapter Sixteen: The Open Door (II)
26Chapter Seventeen: The Marriage Bed (I)
27Chapter Seventeen: The Marriage Bed (II)
28Chapter Eighteen: Morning (I)
29Chapter Eighteen: Morning (II)
30Chapter Nineteen: Sabine’s Price (I)
31Chapter Nineteen: Sabine’s Price (II)
32Chapter Twenty: Poison (I)
33Chapter Twenty: Poison (II)
34Chapter Twenty-One: The Accused Duchess (I)
35Chapter Twenty-One: The Accused Duchess (II)
36Chapter Twenty-Two: Father Tomas (I)
37Chapter Twenty-Two: Father Tomas (II)
38Chapter Twenty-Three: Cleared (I)
39Chapter Twenty-Three: Cleared (II)
40Chapter Twenty-Four: Esparza (I)
41Chapter Twenty-Four: Esparza (II)
42Chapter Twenty-Five: An Heir (I)
43Chapter Twenty-Five: An Heir (II)
44Chapter Twenty-Six: The Cottage (I)
45Chapter Twenty-Six: The Cottage (II)
46Chapter Twenty-Seven: Fever (I)
47Chapter Twenty-Seven: Fever (II)
48Chapter Twenty-Eight: Her Decision
49Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Medicine
50Chapter Thirty: The Locked Door (I)
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