The Nightmare Bride

In his kingdom of nightmares, she isn't his to keep. Saira Nerys was seven years old when her family was slaughtered, her home burned, and the world taught her the name of the monster who left her alive: Draven Khaelor, the Nightmare King. Twelve years later, Saira survives in the shadows of Elarith as a forbidden dream-healer, walking into other people's nightmares and carrying their pain back in her own skin. She has spent her life sharpening one truth into a blade: one day, she will find the king who ruined her life—and make him pay. Then the crown summons her to save a dying prince. Inside his nightmare, Saira finds a black palace, a drowned veil, a message carved with teeth, and a mark that burns itself beneath her skin. Dreambite. By ancient law, every woman marked by Dreambite must be delivered beyond the Gate of Sleep as a bride to Nocthar, the realm beneath dreams. No bride has ever returned. Sent into a kingdom of shadow, dead brides, old magic, and whispered secrets, Saira finally stands before Draven Khaelor. But the Nightmare King is not the monster she expected. He remembers her. He fears the mark on her wrist. And the truth behind the night her family died is far darker than the story she was given. Now Saira must survive a court that wants to use her, a crown that hides its own sins, and a godlike nightmare stirring beneath the world. Hatred may have brought her to Nocthar, but desire, betrayal, and forbidden tenderness will make escape far more dangerous. Because Saira was sent as a sacrifice. Draven calls her bride. But she came with a knife. The Nightmare Bride is an adult dark romantasy and gothic nightmare romance featuring a fierce dream-healer heroine, a morally gray Nightmare King, forced marriage, enemies-to-lovers tension, deadly court politics, ancient magic, dead brides, betrayal, and a love story with teeth.