Mariet Kay

This loose Rapunzel retelling challenges the thin lines between devotion and love—between duty and freedom. The Legends of Henosis is a debut fantasy romance series exploring the many fables of a magical, compelling realm. “It is time to act, Sister of the Stars.” Tower walls are all Asterie knows. As the Sisterhood’s oracle, she is used to seeing what comes next. But when Asterie becomes consumed with visions of destruction, she only sees ruin. When a prophecy speaks to her, Asterie realizes she must leave her tower for the first time. She ventures out to help a young Queen unbind a dangerously alluring warlock from the northern woodlands. Find her. Fenris hears the voice whisper to him. But he is alone. He has been alone, exiled, for four centuries. When an enchantress shows up with a promise of freedom, he wonders if she is the woman he is destined to find. Fenris realizes that Asterie doesn’t understand the power within her, a power that once destroyed his world. He tells himself not to get involved. But will he be strong enough to resist her?

He destroyed her ancestors’ city. She is bound by oath to be his ally. A prophecy ties their fates. Soon they will discover who the true enemy is. *** After Source-wielders attack her city, it is left in shambles. Queen Sybilla Wymark sees only one opportunity to protect her independent reign: honor her blood oath to follow a grumpy, ill-tempered King into an enemy realm. Sybilla expected his land to be a desert wasteland—what she had always been told it was. But when she arrives, she is confronted with a vibrant place full of magic and a surprising prophecy that forces her to wonder what other lies had she been fed? Centuries ago, King Krait Darvanda built a sanctuary away from the land that outcasted Source magic. An alliance with the strong-willed Queen Wymark seems prudent…until he finds out that she might be bound to his destiny. To his dismay, Krait realizes that the only way he can prevail against a long rising threat to his realm is fighting by her spoiled, foul-mouthed side.