The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (Broken Accords)

A dark romantasy series by Elizabeth May. A princess and a war-weary god formed a pact in blood and sacrifice in the ashes of a broken city. Now, centuries later, fragile peace is collapsing. Bryony Devaliant was born to die repeatedly. In Vartena, royal blood serves as currency for peace, with each monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. When rebellion emerges, the god-king deploys his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin called the Wolf. Evander has mastered killing over centuries until he encounters his latest target—the one person he cannot destroy. Forbidden desire ignites between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, threatening the boundary between gods and mortals. When that boundary breaks, empires fall. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break. The story draws inspiration from Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche, featuring enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, death pacts, and a villain-gets-the-girl dynamic within a dark fairytale and gothic romance framework.