Crowned by the Witch King. A Dark Witch Romantasy of a Rejected Mate, a Throne Worth Burning For, and the Power She Was Never Meant to Hold

Paranormal Romance - slow burn romance, happily ever after, swoony romance reads. A marriage of convenience with a vampire king. A runaway bride who never expected to return. A holiday homecoming that reopens wounds neither can heal - and a promise that could shatter both their worlds. When Lyra Vance fled the glittering court of Valdris Frostbourne on their wedding night, she thought she'd left behind the cold, the lies, and the vampire who offered her a ring but never his heart.
But now her mortal brother lies dying, and only Valdris - the frost king of the Sundered Courts - holds the cure. Desperate, Lyra returns to his frozen castle under the guise of a Yuletide homecoming, but the king she finds is not the remote, calculating monster she remembers. He's haunted. And he's hiding a secret that could destroy them all. The setup is simple: a bargain. One month as his true queen, and he'll save her brother.
But the complication is far more dangerous. As Lyra settles into the court's icy rhythms, she discovers her own forbidden Ivy magic - a power that the vampire kingdoms have hunted to extinction. It's the one thing that can break Valdris's curse, and the one thing that will make her his greatest enemy. When his courtiers begin to suspect, and a rival faction closes in, Lyra faces an impossible choice: trust the frost king with her life and her magic, or finish the escape she started a year ago and let her brother die.
This vampire romance delivers a marriage of convenience that becomes a slow-burn redemption, a runaway bride trope with a twist, and a holiday homecoming that tests the limits of sacrifice and love. Readers who crave angsty, morally gray heroes and heroines with hidden power will devour the tension between Valdris's icy control and Lyra's wild, creeping Ivy. The promise they couldn't keep echoes through every chapter, binding them together even as it tears them apart.
A Court of Frost and Ivy is the first book in The Sundered Courts series, a paranormal romance saga where immortal kings bargain for mortal hearts and ancient magic awakens in the deepest winter. If you love Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City, the emotional turmoil of The Bargainer series, or the forbidden power dynamics in From Blood and Ash, you'll fall for Lyra and Valdris. The series continues with A Court of Ash and Ember, where the secrets of the fire court ignite a new war.
One-click now to start the journey into the Sundered Courts, where every vow is a blade and every kiss a gamble. Note: This is a full-length paranormal romance novel with steamy scenes and a happily-ever-after for the central couple, though the series arc continues. Perfect for readers who love **Harley Laroux** and **Liv Zander**.