He Refused the Throne. A Dark Fae Romantasy of an Ancient Prophecy, a Forbidden Spell, and the Destiny He Refused

Paranormal Romance - slow burn romance, happily ever after, swoony romance reads. A disgraced noblewoman. A shadow-fae lord. A bargain that could save her sister - or destroy them both. For fans of dark vampire-court romantasy, forbidden love, and prophecies of blood and ash, A Court of Ash and Shadow pulls you into a world where every kiss could be a betrayal and every promise hides a blade. Seraphine Valemont was once the jewel of the Ash Court, until a scandal stripped her of title, family, and future.
Now she lives in the shadows of the mortal realm, a ghost of her former self, haunted by the memory of the night her sister, Elara, was cursed with a wasting death. The curse is ancient, woven by an immortal enemy of the fae courts, and no healer or mage can break it. Desperate, Seraphine returns to the court that cast her out, knowing the only being powerful enough to unravel the curse is the one she despises most: Lord Drakon Ashfall, the shadow-fae lord who rules the court's darkest secrets.
Drakon is cold, calculating, and bound by a prophecy that names him the destroyer of worlds. He agrees to save Elara - but only if Seraphine becomes his consort for one year, bound to his side in a court of lies, decadence, and deadly politics. The complication is twofold: first, the curse is not what it seems. It is tied to a lost artifact that could plunge all three fae courts into war, and the immortal enemy who cast it is closer than anyone suspects.
Second, Seraphine begins to see beneath Drakon's icy armor - glimpses of a soul tortured by visions of a future he cannot escape, and a tenderness he fights with every breath. But giving in to the fire between them would fulfill the prophecy's darkest clause: that the destroyer's heart, once awakened, will shatter the world. Seraphine faces an impossible choice: save her sister by surrendering to a bond that could doom the realms, or walk away and let Elara die, knowing the true enemy is already moving to turn the courts against each other.
With every step, the shadow-fae lord and the disgraced noblewoman must decide if love is worth the ashes of everything they know. Tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, bargain bond, dark prophecy, shadow-fae vampire lord, slow-burn forbidden romance, court intrigue, one bed, who did this to you, morally gray hero, fierce heroine with a hidden past. Perfect for readers who love **Harley Laroux** and **Liv Zander**.