The Starship Bride and the Prince Who Stole the Dawn

The dawn has been missing for a hundred years-and now the sky has come to claim its bride. Mariel Ashborne has never seen a true morning. In her cliffside town of Brinewick, lanterns replace sunrise, the sea stays dark, and everyone survives on the mercy of Vespar, the glittering starship city that rules from above the clouds. Every twelve years, that mercy demands a price: one girl chosen as the Starship Bride.
This time, the light chooses Mariel. Taken from her home in front of everyone she loves, Mariel is thrust into a palace of false sunlight, sacred lies, and beautiful dangers. The Star Court calls her blessed. The king calls her necessary. The covenant calls her a bride. But Prince Damon Whitlock-the feared second prince accused of stealing the dawn itself-looks at her and whispers one impossible word.
Run. Damon is cold, dangerous, and impossible to trust. He is also the only person in Vespar who seems willing to stand between Mariel and the court that wants to dress her, bind her, and silence every question she asks. As Mariel uncovers the cost of the preserved morning, she begins to realize the starship's shining halls are less like heaven and more like a cage. A sacrificial bride. A fallen prince.
A stolen dawn. A kingdom built on light that should never have been taken. For readers who love romantic fantasy, star-crossed lovers, enemies-to-lovers tension, royal intrigue, forbidden romance, and sweeping science fantasy with a slow-burn heart, this is a tale of a girl chosen by the sky-and the prince who may be her captor, her warning, or her only chance to escape. Because if Mariel wants to survive the wedding above a dying world, she must decide what is more dangerous: trusting the prince who stole the dawn, or becoming the bride the stars demanded.