The Gilded Tithe: The Sovereign Debt Book 1

By Vespera Thorne

Some debts are paid in gold. Some in blood. Hers will be paid in power.

Princess Elara doesn't believe in fairy tales - she believes in strategy, ledgers, and survival.

When her kingdom drowns in debt, she makes a calculated trade: seven years as the Shadow King's queen in exchange for her people's salvation. It's a business arrangement. Nothing more.

But the contract was sabotaged.

The blood magic binding them should have killed them both. Instead, it's forging something neither expected - a dangerous bond that defies calculation and threatens to rewrite every rule of power in the realm.

Malakai has ruled the shadow court for three centuries. He has never met anyone like her.

Elara has survived her father's court through cold logic. She has never met anyone who sees through it.

As political alliances fracture and ancient forces close in, Elara must decide what she's truly willing to sacrifice - and whether the most dangerous thing in the Shadow King's kingdom is him, or the version of herself she's becoming.

The Gilded Tithe is a dark romantasy perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, and The Cruel Prince.

Readers can expect:

Enemies-to-lovers slow burnMarriage of convenience with real stakesA strategist heroine who outthinks everyoneA morally gray king with centuries of secretsPolitical intrigue, blood magic, and a cliffhanger ending

Book One of The Sovereign Debt Trilogy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPJHB4ZR
• ISBN13: 9798248873678
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"