{"product_id":"ashes-oaths-dramane-doumbia-9798267822558","title":"Ashes \u0026 Oaths: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantasy in a Broken Academy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn oath breaks. A city sings like glass. A truce becomes temptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the ward-barriers of Kharis shatter at midnight, scholarship witch \u003cb\u003eMara Vesper\u003c\/b\u003e is named as the fracture's source. To clear her name before the Witchsmoke Concord can audit her life to zero, she's forced into a lethal partnership with \u003cb\u003eCassian Vale\u003c\/b\u003e-a brilliant, emotionally guarded Auditor whose signature can condemn or absolve with a single stroke of his pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir investigation drags them from a \u003cb\u003eruined academy\u003c\/b\u003e that teaches ethics like a rumor to the \u003cb\u003eOath Market\u003c\/b\u003e, where promises are sold by the yard and love can be used as collateral. In the vaults of the \u003cb\u003eCathedral of Numbers\u003c\/b\u003e, they uncover a scheme to package devotion into \u003cb\u003eoath-derivatives\u003c\/b\u003e and sell the city's future to the highest bidder. Curfews fall. \u003cb\u003ePublic affection is taxed.\u003c\/b\u003e And the only way to stop the collapse is to bind a vow that might cost Mara the very freedom she's fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as enemies circling evidence turns into a \u003cb\u003erazor-edged slow burn\u003c\/b\u003e: barbed banter in the stacks, quiet loyalty where no one is watching, and a choice that can't be balanced on any ledger-only trusted to a heart. Cassian measures the risk like a mathematician; Mara feels the truth like a spell under her skin. Together they will decide whether love is a liability...or the proof that saves Kharis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshes \u0026amp; Oaths\u003c\/b\u003e launches \u003cb\u003eThe Witchsmoke Concord\u003c\/b\u003e, a sweeping romantasy set in a dark academia atmosphere and featuring dystopian stakes-for readers who want intrigue with their kisses, city-sized worldbuilding, and a payoff that resonates in your bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you'll find inside: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnemies-to-lovers with bite, tension, and genuine payoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOath magic\u003c\/b\u003e, vow economics, and a city that counts everything-including feelings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorally gray MMC (Auditor) × sharp, capable FMC (scholarship witch)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eConspiracy thriller engine: markets, vaults, masked revels, coded ledgers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound family, chosen loyalty, and the courage to love in hostile systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent \u0026amp; Heat: \u003c\/b\u003e peril, political oppression, fantasy violence handled with care; slow-burn romantic tension building toward sensual, tastefully rendered moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/b\u003e dark academia romance, dystopian fantasy romance, morally gray heroes, and city-as-character epics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dramane Doumbia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798267822558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d","brand":"Dramane Doumbia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664543977727,"sku":"9798267822558","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ashes-oaths-dramane-doumbia-9798267822558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}