The Raven Queen

Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Robin Hobb. An assassin must protect the cursed princess he's loved since childhood. Harrow doesn't remember his real name. He remembers the forest and the post and the rope. He remembers being found feral and half-starved, a child with no language and no clan markings, wrong in every way the fae could measure. He also remembers her. The princess who gave him a coat when he was cold. The first act of kindness he had ever experienced. Now a young man, raised among humans and trained as a weapon, Harrow is the crown's sharpest knife. Recalled from five years of war, he must protect the princess he's secretly loved since boyhood. Morrigan is heir to the Nightborn throne and cursed — every man who tries to claim her hand dies. The prophecy says only her fated mate will survive the ancient rite and become High King, but Morrigan doesn't want a fated mate. She doesn't want who she loves to be decided by destiny, only by her. Harrow isn't the heir the prophecy promises. He's a half-blood assassin with no claim, no court, and no right to love her. He's always known this. That doesn't stop him from caring for her anyway. ♥ Childhood friends to lovers ♥ He falls first ♥ MMC POV ♥ Found family ♥ Morally grey MMC ♥ Forbidden love ♥ Fated mates (as a curse) ♥ CommonerXRoyal The Raven Queen is the first book in a new dark fantasy series. Book one is told entirely through the MMC’s perspective. Childhood friends to lovers. Fated mates as a curse. A morally grey mentor, and a hero who will burn down every alliance for the woman he was never supposed to want.