Once the Skies Fade (Immortal Reveries #2)

The law is clear: she must remarry or lose her throne.
But when she refuses to trust her heart, she’ll force her suitors to risk their lives.

The death of Queen Calla’s husband robbed her of her happily ever after. As if being suspected of murdering him wasn’t bad enough, she’s now informed that she will lose her throne if she does not remarry before the end of the year. She married for love once, and she cannot bear to give her heart to another. Still, the law stands and she’ll do anything to keep her kingdom.

If she must marry again, she’ll find her king the old-fashioned way: A Tournament of Hearts.

Loyal friend and advisor to the Emeryn crown, General Matthias has informed his king that his brother has died and that Queen Calla may have been responsible. Now he’s tasked with entering the queen’s tournament and getting close enough to her to learn the truth–and assassinate her if she is guilty. With the queen remaining behind the scenes, though, he will need to survive the trials to win an audience with her and complete his mission.

But when a secret comes to light, Matthias will find himself choosing between the friend he’s served for years and the queen he cannot live without.

Once the Skies Fade is the second installment in a fantasy romance collection of interconnected stand-alones, sweeping you to a dangerous land of blackened hearts and cutthroat competition. A gender-bent Cinderella meets the Hunger Games in this enemies to lovers tale of a morally grey queen and the sarcastic warrior who could mend her wounded heart… if he doesn’t assassinate her first.