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Rebecca RobinsonRomantasy · Adventure
The Serpent and the Wolf
Synopsis
Vaasa Kozár has spent her life training to survive her own family. Dark magic killed her mother, then woke inside her. Her brother wants her gone before it finishes the job, so he marries her off to Reid of Mireh, a foreign ruler he expects to kill her and hand him a reason for war.
Reid has other plans. He offers Vaasa a bargain instead of a cell: help him win the votes he needs to hold his throne, and he will teach her to control the magic turning against her. Neither expects the arrangement to hold. Neither expects the pull between them to stay easy to ignore.
What follows is political fantasy romance built on maneuvering as much as attraction. It is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers marriage of convenience, sharpened by court schemes and banter neither of them can quite put down. The danger stays close on every side, in the palace and in Vaasa's own blood.
It opens the Dark Inheritance Trilogy, and it closes on a note built to send readers straight into the second book.
How it reads
Prose complexity 1/10
Content warnings (5)
Graphic ViolenceSexual ContentDeath Of A ParentKidnappingAbuse
Genres
Characters
Vaasa KozárProtagonist
A young woman whose family has spent her life training her to survive it; she inherits a dark magic that killed her mother.
Reid of MirehProtagonist
A foreign ruler who marries Vaasa as part of a political scheme, then offers her a bargain instead of the death her brother expects.
Dominik KozárAntagonist
Vaasa's brother, who arranges her marriage to Reid hoping it ends in her death and a pretext for war.
KosanaSupporting
Reid's stern commander, who puts Vaasa through hard training.
MelisinaSupporting
The high witch of Veragi and Reid's mother, who mentors Vaasa in controlling her magic.
