Between Two Kings

Tem grew up on her family's chicken farm, with a plain and quiet life ahead of her. That changed when she learned a hidden world of basilisks existed, and that she belongs to it. She has since accepted her basilisk half and released Leo, the Serpent King, from a bond that almost destroyed her.

Now Tem is married to Caspen, the newly crowned human king. She meant for Leo to go and find his own happiness while she built a life at Caspen's side. The rules tied to her basilisk nature, and the loopholes in them, hold her to Leo in ways neither of them saw coming.

The basilisks and the human kingdom are edging toward war, and Tem stands in the gap between them. She has two men, two crowns and two possible lives to weigh, and each choice costs her something the other would keep.

This is a paranormal romance built on a love triangle, with court politics and the draw of forbidden power running through it. The tone is sexy and sharp-tongued. It is the continuation of the Split or Swallow series by Lindsay Straube, so it follows directly from Tem's earlier story with Leo.