Bride of the Crimson Shrine

Bride of the Crimson ShrineA Joseon-era fantasy romance of a sacrificial bride and a mountain deityTo end a years-long drought, a remote village revives an ancient rite: offering a maiden to the god of the mountain. Hwa Yeon is chosen. A shaman's daughter cloaked in red silk and fear. But death does not greet her at the shrine. Instead, she awakens in a palace carved of bone and flame, claimed by a forgotten god banished from heaven.
Gwanmok is wrath incarnate - ancient, beautiful, and dangerous. He promises her pleasure and pain in equal measure, binding her body to sacred rites and her soul to divine fire. But the longer she stays, the more her power awakens. and the less willing she becomes to remain a passive bride. As lust turns to obsession and power shifts between them, Hwa Yeon must decide: become a goddess-or be consumed by one.