Court of Winter

Ilara lives in a village in the far north, on a continent buried under snow and ice all year. She is a Solis Fae born without wings or magic, which her people treat as weakness, and weakness is a danger where survival takes strength. She has made a quiet, useful life there with her sister.

That life ends when Prince Norivun, the crown prince of the Winter Court, arrives in the village. His black wings and strong magic overwhelm her. He carries her off and locks her in his castle, and she expects to be killed. Instead he keeps her alive and tells her why he took her.

His answer leaves Ilara with two options. She can ally with the man who has taken everything she loves, or she can stand aside and let the kingdom slide into a ruinous war. Neither choice comes without cost, and the prince she hates looks at her with hunger.

This is the first of four books in an enemies-to-lovers fae fantasy romance, set in the author's Supernatural World. The romance is steamy. The heroine refuses to bow, the prince is morally gray and brutal, and the court around them is thick with royal infighting and scheming.