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To Break a Vow
Hardcover
Series: The Soulmark Cycle, Book 1
Publisher: Umbria Inkworks
Published: Aug 30 2026
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Their match was meant to serve the Empire. Instead, it may destroy it.
Sabine Almarien has survived on cleverness and careful obscurity. But when a mark said to bind her to a magically perfect match appears on her skin, the Empire forces her into the Season: a cruel marriage mart where blood vows determine magical power.
Worse, that supposedly perfect match is Lord Death himself.
Azrian Vaelros-the Emperor's ruthless enforcer-has buried one wife already. He has no interest in another blood vow, least of all with a maddening woman who despises everything he represents.
But the Emperor gives him no choice.
To survive the Season, Sabine and Azrian strike a careful bargain: fake a courtship to satisfy imperial scrutiny, while quietly searching for a way out of their arranged marriage. But when other marked couples turn up dead, the two of them are drawn into a shared investigation that binds them closer than either intended. Each truth pulls them deeper into each other's orbit... and into a conspiracy at the heart of the Empire itself.
As their blood vow approaches, they'll have to choose: become the perfect weapon the Empire demands, or forge something far more dangerous.
Like Bridgerton doused in magic and murder mystery, To Break a Vow is perfect for fans of tension-filled slow burn enemies to lovers romantasy. It will appeal to readers who loved The Crimson Moth duology by Kristen Ciccarelli, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and A Kiss of Iron by Clare Sager.
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