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The Quiet Reckoning: A dark enemies-to-lovers fantasy standalone about a silenced assassin and the crown spy who married her instead of killing her.
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ISBN13: 9798177771168
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE QUIET RECKONING She kills with a whisper. He should have killed her first. Elara Voss has not spoken above a whisper in six years. She has good reason. Her voice can shatter a mind, break a will, end a life. So she keeps it buried, using it only in the dark against the men who prey on the innocent, the ones the courts are too corrupt to touch. Eleven men. Eleven whispers. No trace of her hand in any of them. She works alone. She trusts no one. She has never been caught. Until Kaelen Drach. The crown's spymaster has been hunting the Whisperer for months. He knows her secrets. He knows her name. He knows exactly what she is capable of. And when he finally corners her in the shadows of a rented room above a bookshop, he does not arrest her. He offers her a deal. There is a monster on the throne. A conspiracy that reaches the highest towers of power. And a woman named Mira - a Whisperer like Elara - who has been held captive for three years, her mind broken, her daughter stolen, her voice silenced by an iron collar bonded to her captor's life. Kaelen wants Elara to help him find her. To free her. To destroy the man who took her. The only problem: Kaelen is lying about something. And Elara knows it.
Inside this standalone dark fantasy romance, you'll find:
The reckoning has only just begun. Scroll up and click Read Sample to begin.
- A silenced assassin who has spent her whole life believing she is a curse - and is about to discover she is a gift
- An enemies-to-lovers slow burn built on forced proximity, mutual suspicion, and a marriage of convenience neither of them planned
- A morally grey spymaster who should have killed her, married her instead, and is hiding a secret that could destroy them both
- A plot twist at the 80% mark that readers describe as devastating, earned, and impossible to see coming
- Female rage done right - cold, deliberate, and deeply satisfying
- A complete standalone story with a beginning, a middle, and a hard-won ending. No cliffhangers. No waiting for book two.
- A unique magic system where a whisper can kill, a blood oath can bind, and a voice can either shatter a kingdom or save one
The reckoning has only just begun. Scroll up and click Read Sample to begin.
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