King of Ravens

Rhiannon, called Annon, is dying of an illness no one can name. Her family hides her away in a remote seaside cottage while she hunts for a cure. Then an old bargain comes due, and a storm of ravens gathers into the shape of a man.

He is Drystan, an Unseelie fae and King of the Dead. His offer leaves two options: Annon becomes his bride in the Underworld, or her family dies.

She is taken to a snowbound realm lit by a black sun. Its court is made up of withered gods and scheming courtiers, and old magic runs through it. Annon means to hate her husband and tries more than once to escape.

After those failures Drystan proposes a second bargain. If she survives his shifting labyrinth, she goes free. If she fails, she stays as his bride. Her hatred is turning into something more dangerous, and the choice ahead sets home against a place where she might finally belong.

This dark romantasy draws on the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone. It is the first book of the Upon a Broken Throne duology.