The Soldered Heart: An Arcane-Punk Romance (Cozy Fantasy with Real Stakes) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798249119195)

From the emerging voice in cozy fantasy comes a high-stakes arcane-punk romance perfect for fans of slow-burn tension and found families.

Sera Voss is a fixer of broken things and broken people.

In the low districts of Valdris, she is the only thing standing between her neighbors and the failure of their life-sustaining magitech implants. Sardonic, fiercely loyal, and permanently ink-stained, she has no time for the "clean" magic of the wealthy elite-especially the corporations draining her city dry.

Cael Dawnmoor is the polished face of the machine eating her world.

As an executive at Vordane Corp, Cael is the embodiment of "old money" magic and ruthless efficiency. But beneath his tailored coats and controlled mask, he is a man playing a dangerous double game, secretly documenting his own company's crimes while waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

When a sudden acceleration in the ley-line drain threatens to turn the district's hearts dark, Sera breaks into a high-security facility to find answers-only to be caught by the one man she was born to hate.

Instead of turning her in, Cael makes a deal: a reluctant alliance forged in the back of a cramped repair shop over bad tea and stolen data.

As the glowing circuit-tattoo on Sera's arm begins to hum with a power she doesn't understand, they must decide if they can trust the person they were taught to fear. In a city of gears and shadows, can two opposing worlds find a way to beat as one?

The Soldered Heart is a dual-POV enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a "he falls first" dynamic, forced proximity, and the cozy-yet-gritty atmosphere of an urban fantasy world.