Zareth Tharos has spent his entire life becoming someone else.

As crown prince of a kingdom where only men may rule, he has hidden his true nature behind alchemy, pretence, and a mask of royal composure. No one can ever know what he is. Not the court. Not his father. And certainly not the warrior princess he's been forced to marry.

Except Yara Bloodroot already knows.

She came bearing a prophecy, one that names Zareth as the only vessel capable of birthing the god-king who will seal the rifts tearing their world apart. His duality isn't a secret to be exposed. It's the key to everything. What she didn't plan for was him: guarded and fierce and terrifyingly easy to want.

But trust is not easily given in a court full of knives. As the Whispering Woods grow hungrier and enemies close in from within the palace walls, Zareth faces a choice: keep hiding and watch the kingdom fall or surrender the truth to the one woman who already holds it, and risk losing the only self he's ever known.

For readers of dark fantasy romance: a hidden prince, a warrior who sees through him completely, and a prophecy that demands they burn everything down to save the world.