The Bride of the Drowned Flame

By Ann Hoeft

A bride offered for peace. A sea-forged house built on lies. A power under stone that knows her name.

Mira Vale has spent years being feared for the flood that changed Veyra forever. When her family trades her into a political marriage with Aeron Thorne, heir to Black Reef, she is sent across the water to a fortress where duty is colder than love, old rites are hidden beneath chapel floors, and every kindness seems to carry a price.

Aeron is not the monster the coast whispers about, but Black Reef is worse than rumor. Beneath its stone halls lies a secret network of witness chambers, blood-bound records, and stolen histories linking Mira's house to his long before their vows were ever spoken.

As ancient basin sites begin to wake across the coast, Mira and Aeron are forced into a dangerous alliance. To survive, they must uncover what their families buried, defy a ritual meant to claim them both, and choose each other before the sea's old bargain chooses for them.

For readers of gothic romantasy, arranged marriage, slow-burn tension, and dark coastal magic, The Bride of the Drowned Flame is a lush, atmospheric fantasy romance about blood, witness, and the terrible cost of inherited power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GXW8XJGR
• ISBN13: 9798258106544
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"