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The Briar Bride
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Series: The Thorn Crown Chronicles, Book 1
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ISBN13: 9798192153635
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
England fell in a single day. The old magic did not.
In 1066, Lady Aveline de Varenne is promised to a brutal Norman lord and expected to become one more prize of conquest. Then ravens descend upon her father's castle, a white rose blooms from blood, and an ancient prophecy names her the Briar Bride.
In 1066, Lady Aveline de Varenne is promised to a brutal Norman lord and expected to become one more prize of conquest. Then ravens descend upon her father's castle, a white rose blooms from blood, and an ancient prophecy names her the Briar Bride.
Her only hope is Cian ap Bran, a gray-eyed warden who has spent centuries keeping Britain's forgotten powers asleep-and refusing to love the mortals he will outlive. Pursued across Normandy and into a kingdom breaking beneath war, they face awakened standing stones, treacherous nobles, and a desire neither can afford.
But the Thorn King is rising beneath England's hills. He offers Aveline the one thing no mortal man will give her: power enough never to be owned again. To save herself-and perhaps Britain-she must choose between the dangerous warden who would die to keep her free and the ancient king who would burn a kingdom to possess her.
He does not want her dead. He wants his bride.
A dark historical romantasy woven from forbidden desire, Celtic myth, and the Norman Conquest.
But the Thorn King is rising beneath England's hills. He offers Aveline the one thing no mortal man will give her: power enough never to be owned again. To save herself-and perhaps Britain-she must choose between the dangerous warden who would die to keep her free and the ancient king who would burn a kingdom to possess her.
He does not want her dead. He wants his bride.
A dark historical romantasy woven from forbidden desire, Celtic myth, and the Norman Conquest.
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