A Court of Ash and Midnight: An Enemies-to-Lovers Fantasy Romance by Aurora Grey

A court of mysteries and deception…enemies seeking her at every turn…and the most dangerous of them all, the man she can’t manage to stay away from, even if it means her doom. Twenty-two-year-old orphan Embyr has been hunted her whole life. When she’s rescued one night and taken to a fortress hidden in the mountains, she's suddenly the only human in a castle full of Fae who hate her. As Embyr learns more about her new home, she soon begins to wonder if she’s really been rescued, or if something sinister is at play. It seems she’s the pawn in a deadly play for power, and inside Shadow’s Keep, it’s impossible to know who’s a friend and who’s an enemy. And then there’s Daemon, the loner and shadow wielder everyone warns her to stay away from. He’s clearly dangerous and most definitely her enemy. Fate keeps drawing them closer, however, and when they're thrown into a magical tournament, Daemon may end up being her only ally... and the key to unlocking her heart. But he awakens something in Embyr that she never knew was there… something that might just prove deadly to them all. From the author of the bestsellers House of Gilded Nightmares and City of Night comes the next tale in the connected Crowns of Aureon series. A COURT OF ASH AND MIDNIGHT is an enemies-to-lovers romantasy, slow burn that builds to delicious spice with a morally gray, burn-the-world love interest. It’s the first in a series.