Kerri ManiscalcoFantasy · Romantasy·b. 1983
Throne of Secrets
Synopsis
Gabriel Axton, known in the Underworld as the Prince of Gluttony, lives for good food, willing company and the thrill of the hunt. When a favourite pursuit turns deadly, he realises something is wrong inside his own demon court. Time is short, and the one person who might uncover the cause is a journalist he has avoided for ten years.
Adriana Saint Lucent is a reporter who has spent years hunting for a story damning enough to make others see Axton as she does. Instead she turns up a rumour that sounds too terrifying to believe: the ice dragons to the north may be growing restless. Her investigation draws her into the secrets of the Underworld and to the place she least wants to go, Axton's court.
The two are rivals, and a dark memory once drove them apart. Now they must work together against a danger that keeps growing, each guarding secrets the other does not know. Another rumour follows them too, that neither of them truly hates the other.
This is a steamy fantasy romance and a standalone, with a twisted fairy tale feel. It pairs an enemies-to-lovers dynamic with a mystery and a hunt, and the mood runs from playful to dangerous as the kingdom's fate hangs on what they uncover.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10


