The Thorn Lord's Bride (The Cursed Marriage Auctions #5)

My name is Elowen Hart, and in the Glass Court I’m worth less than a horse.

So when the auctioneer can’t sell me, they toss me to the one monster none of them dare meet his eyes—Lord Soren Briarthorne, the Thorn Lord. The king’s leash. The court’s favorite nightmare.

He puts a collar on me in front of everyone… then asks, softly, if I consent.

His touch is poison. His kiss is a curse that makes lovers bleed. He should be the end of me.

Instead, the first time I lay my hand against his skin, the dead vines in his castle bloom.

Now the court is watching. Waiting for him to ruin me. Waiting for me to break.

They don’t understand the truth.

The Thorn Lord doesn’t want to destroy me—he wants to claim me. Devour me. Keep me safe behind teeth and thorns and a vow written in blood.

And the more he worships me, the more my power wakes… green and hungry and wild.

Because I was never meant to be invisible.

I was meant to be feared.