Bride

Misery Lark has spent her life as a bargaining chip. The daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman, she is handed over to the Weres — her people's ancient enemies — in a political marriage meant to hold a fragile peace together. Her new husband is Lowe Moreland, the Alpha of the Pacific pack: guarded, lethal, and unreadable.

But Misery did not walk into enemy territory to play the obedient bride. She has her own reason for being there — a missing friend, a debt she means to repay — and she is prepared to lie to everyone, including the wolf now watching her every move. The trouble is that Lowe sees more than she expects, and the longer she stays inside his territory, the harder it becomes to tell strategy from feeling.

The first book in Ali Hazelwood's paranormal Bride series, this is a fated-mates romance wrapped around vampire-and-werewolf politics: sharp banter, slow-building heat, and a heroine who trusts no one. It trades Hazelwood's usual STEM settings for a supernatural world without losing her signature voice.