Jessaca Willis Boeken

A marriage to save the kingdom. A betrayal to leave it in ruins. When Aenwyn's magic unleashes a reign of dragons upon the kingdoms, she agrees to marry King Everard to atone for the devastation she's caused. Queendom proves to be as dissatisfying as their loveless marriage. Until the day that fate answers her pleas for adventure with a vision of flames and a chance at redemption. When the ruggedly handsome knight, Ser Darius Graeme, sees Queen Aenwyn fleeing the castle, he is bound by his oath to the king to chase after her and bring her back unharmed. But nothing will stop Aenwyn from slaying the dragon and claiming its heart-and perhaps the knight's as well. Embrace the fate of the gods and buy A Delicate Betrayal now! **A Delicate Betrayal is the first in a new epic romantic fantasy series with a witchy Viking queen who will either save her kingdom or doom it; a loyal, protective knight duty-bound to serve the crown; and a quest to see who can slay the dragon first. If you enjoy books with dark magic, forbidden love, enemies-to-lovers romance, and epic world-building, then you'll love this story! A Delicate Betrayal ends on a cliffhanger and is a prequel to the rest of the series. CW/TW: infertility, psychological domestic abuse involving a narcissistic and tyrannical spouse, infidelity, family trauma, loss of a parent, childbirth. This book ends on a cliffhanger (it is essentially a villain origin story).