Pacts of the Divine

About this book

In the realm of Verith, power is a volatile inheritance bound by blood and ancient law. When Ezra, the newly appointed head of the Divine, inherits a corrupted, monstrous magic following his father’s suspicious death, he finds himself thrust into a crumbling court filled with whispers of foul play. His life is further complicated when he is forced to uphold an ancestral blood pact, binding him to Lavinia Dawling—a young woman who expected a debut in the glittering ballrooms of high society, not a life tethered to the most feared man in the kingdom. Utilizing the classic enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity tropes, the narrative explores the dangerous friction between two people who never asked for their fates to collide. Ezra wants nothing to do with the arrangement, yet as a series of mysterious deaths plagues the noble houses, he and Lavinia are drawn into a web of dark secrets. As they investigate the rot festering beneath the surface of their society, the rigid lines between duty and obsession begin to blur. This dark, cinematic romantasy is perfect for readers who crave morally gray characters, slow-burn tension, and a high-stakes mystery that threatens to destroy everything in its path.