The Bride Auction: A Burden Forged in Gold and Rust

By: Voss, Theo

In an empire that burns women alive to feed its golden forges, some power refuses to die quietly.

Lyra was sold at auction for forty thousand suns - a girl with a thin bloodline, faint earth affinity, and secrets buried so deep she barely felt them anymore.The Northern King did not bid for a bride.He bid for what the Sun Emperor fears most: the Sovnya sigils written beneath her skin, the curse of queens long silenced, the inherited trauma etched in bone and memory.

Now she carries their weight.Nine women.Nine memories of molten gold poured down unwilling throats until screams turned to rust.Nine names demanding to be remembered - not as fuel, but as blades.

This is no tale of rescue.It is a ledger of debts unpaid, of gold turned to iron, of a daughter who chooses which pain to bear rather than let the empire win.

Dark fantasy romance with gothic atmosphere, body horror, morally gray anti-hero, slow-burn tension, and a heroine who reclaims her curse.Perfect for fans of Carissa Broadbent, Raven Kennedy, gothic romantasy, dark fantasy with trauma healing, and inherited magical pain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSSSP5NL
• ISBN13: 9798233017094
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Theo Voss
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"