She arrived as a hostage. She stayed as the only person who could see through him.

Princess Sera of Velmoor has spent her whole life making herself useful — useful enough that no one would notice she had never once been free. When her father sends her to the court of King Aldric of Ashenveil as the "honoured guest" of a fragile peace treaty, she knows exactly what she is: a political bargaining chip wrapped in diplomatic titles. She comes prepared. She has read every clause, found every weakness, and mapped every seam in the agreement that is supposed to end thirty years of war.

What she hasn't prepared for is Aldric.

He is not the tyrant the reports promised. He is a man who reads in the dark and argues with his own council — a king who has built a greenhouse full of roses in a cold stone palace and hasn't let himself want anything in eleven years. He asked for her by name. He doesn't know she's already uncovering the secret that could destroy everything he's trying to build.

Because the war that tore their kingdoms apart was never what either of them believed. The evidence is buried in Aldric's own archives — and it points straight back to Sera's father.

She could seal it away. Keep the peace. Let the lie hold.

But Aldric has already told her: Whatever you find, I would rather know.

Now Sera must choose between the peace a lie can sustain and the truth that might shatter everything — including the careful, impossible thing forming between her and a man who has every reason to distrust her, and has chosen, against all his better instincts, to believe her anyway.

Ninety days. One treaty. One secret neither of them can afford — and one choice that will cost them both everything.

The Last Throne Between Us is a sweeping, slow-burn standalone fantasy romance packed with political intrigue, enemies-to-lovers tension, forbidden desire, and a deeply earned HEA. Perfect for readers who love forbidden love stories between morally complex royals, enemies forced into proximity, and romances where the emotional payoff is worth every page of the wait.

If you love political fantasy romance with real stakes, slow-burn tension you can feel in your chest, and a king who doesn't know how to ask for what he wants — read this book.