The Hollow Crown

Every night, magic erases her from his mind. Every day, she makes him fall in love again. Flora Domhnall survived the Hunt, claimed the Crown of Moonlight, and woke a magic unseen in Alba Scoria for over four hundred years. But her coronation didn't end the war. The Highlands are still burning, and the immortal warrior Flora needs at her side is still bound by oaths that see her as a threat. Chyr loves Flora as fiercely as she loves him—but if he remembers who she is, the vows carved into his flesh will force him to kill her. Each morning, he wakes wary, lost to her, and dangerous. Each day, he is drawn back by echoes of a love he cannot name. By evening, tenderness returns, desire returns, and with them come glimpses of the man who chose her over a crown, a kingdom, and the forced loyalty that keeps him chained. Then Flora has to let him go again. The Raven Queen is still waging her war across Alba Scoria, turning hunger, grief, and fear into weapons and leaving poisoned wells, starving villages, and broken clans in her wake. To save her people, Flora must become more than a symbol, more than a queen. She must become the healer of a wounded land—even if that means trusting the man whose love may be the most dangerous thing about him. The war needs them both. But if Flora can't break the magic that holds him, the love that saves him each day may become the wound neither of them survives. The Hollow Crown is the second book in The Five Crowns, a sweeping Celtic romantic fantasy series of forbidden magic, impossible oaths, ancient queens, Highland war, and a love story fierce enough to defy the gods. For the full emotional impact, begin with The Crown of Moonlight**.**