The Death-Made Prince

Thraga, a runewitch, has already lost the man she loved, Lark, and she has killed the people who murdered him. Sentenced to hang, she almost welcomes it. Then, the night before her execution, a necromancer is thrown into her cell, and escaping with him becomes her only chance of bringing Lark back.

The necromancer is Durlain Averre, a fire mage and rogue prince with a sharp tongue. He is also the son of the man who killed Thraga's mother, so she has every reason to loathe him. He will not revive Lark until she has done something for him first: break his sister out of an enemy king's dungeons with the help of her forbidden rune magic.

What starts as a bargain between two people who despise each other becomes a dangerous pursuit, because Thraga's violent past closes in on her. Court intrigue and old fears tighten around the pair. Thraga also begins to learn that Lark was not the man she believed, and that Durlain is not quite what he seems either.

This is the first book of the Runewitch Saga, an epic fantasy romance built on enemies to lovers, with two morally grey leads and a world inspired by Norse mythology. It includes OCD representation. The romance is a slow burn, though the first book contains spicy scenes meant for readers aged 18 and over.