His Reluctant Bride

I was supposed to mourn my father.

To bury the Donnelly name with him.

But grief is a luxury in Dublin.

Instead, I was bartered.

Sold like leverage to the Crowleys.

Forced to marry the man they call a king without a crown.

Ruairí Crowley.

My reluctant husband.

My ruthless captor.

He didn’t ask if I wanted peace.

He didn’t ask if I wanted him.

He simply gave me his vows—

Cold. Binding. Unbreakable.

I tried to hate him.

Tried to see the monster everyone swore he was.

But hate turns to heat in his hands.

And every night, our war is disguised as desire.

I thought I could survive him.

Outwit him. Escape him.

Then the streets ran red, and I was taken.

Dragged into the shadows by men who wanted me silenced.

He found me.

Blood on his fists. Fire in his eyes.

And that’s when I broke—

When I whispered the one secret that could ruin us both.

I’m pregnant.

His child.

His heir.

His queen… or his traitor?