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Before Crown and Kingdom


A Fantasy Novel


Book 2 of the Between Ink and Shadows Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Epic Fantasy,
  • Regency Fantasy,
  • Slow Burn Romance,
  • Gothic Fantasy,
  • Court Intrigue
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  • Regency-inspired fantasy with a gothic underworld
  • Improper heroines who attract trouble and royal scrutiny
  • Magical contracts and blood-debt accountants shaping every move
Publisher Description

Freedom was more treacherous than she ever imagined. Nimona Weston's debts are paid. Her contract with the dark society known as the Trust is broken. But the magical ties that bind her to a long-ago bargain are rooted deep.

She's thrust back into the life she'd been forced from as a girl and now her every move is under the watchful eye of the king. A king who wants her dead. But fate has plans of its own and Nim is helpless to stop them, even as the future of the kingdom is placed in her hands.

Magical contracts, blood-debt accountants, and a deadly game. An epic fantasy series with regency flair, an improper and slightly stabby heroine with a penchant for trouble, swoony slow burn romance, and a dark and twisty plot that pits magic against kings, love against power, and a gothic underworld against a kingdom built on lies.

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