The Thornbound Theft: The Thornbound Pact - Book 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798244960365)

She stole a relic from the Thorn Court. The relic stole her back.

Mara Vey is good at two things: slipping past monsters and surviving hunger. But when she robs the Thorn Court's vault to buy her brother's freedom, the prize brands her with living thorns-and chains her to Caelan Thorn, the court's exiled executioner prince.

The bond is cruelly simple: if she runs, it punishes. If she bleeds, he bleeds. If she dies, he dies. And the Thorn Court doesn't want its relic returned nearly as much as it wants the thief it has claimed.

Dragged into Briarhold and sentenced under fae law, Mara is offered a mercy that isn't mercy at all: three tasks, or death. With her brother held as leverage and hunters already on her scent, she'll have to trust the one man tethered to her fate... before the court turns their bond into a weapon and points it at her throat.

enemies-to-lovers - forced proximity - magical bond - fae court intrigue - morally gray prince - deadly trials