THE CRIMSON MOON PACT

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Synopsis

For two hundred years, an uneasy peace has held between the vampire court of Nocthaven and the wolves of the Ashwood Mountains, sealed by a pact written in blood. Every generation, a daughter of the ruling wolf line is bound to the vampire heir beneath the Red Moon, and the old war stays buried. Wren Blackthorn never expected to be that daughter. She was supposed to be free, a warrior, not a bargaining chip. But when a night raid leaves three of her packmates dead and her father backed into a corner, the timeline changes. The bride must go to Nocthaven now, years ahead of schedule, or the treaty collapses and both sides bleed. Alaric Voss, heir to House Voss, has no interest in a wife he did not choose, especially not a wolf who looks at him like he is the reason her mother is dead. He has enough enemies inside his own court without adding a hostile bride to his table, and someone close to the throne wants this pact to fail. As Wren adjusts to a city built on secrets, and Alaric fights to keep his crown out of his uncle's hands, the two of them are pulled together by duty and pushed apart by history, right up until the moment they realize the attack that started this was never random at all. The blood moon is coming. So is a war neither of them agreed to start.