What’s a newly-sentient castle to do when its inhabitants refuse to fall in love? Tether them together, of course!

Liora Estelle has spent her career building bridges between uneasy kingdoms, but her latest assignment may be the strangest yet: serve as her kingdom’s envoy to the fledgling court of Frostvale—a place where magic, long thought lost, has mysteriously returned. Rumor says it bloomed from the love of the new queen and her consort. Liora doesn’t believe in fairy tales… but the castle might.

To keep the new magic from misbehaving, Queen Bessa assigns her most trusted companion to Liora’s side: her brother, Sir Wyot. A former knight without a cause, Wyot is loyal, brooding, and far too handsome for Liora’s peace of mind. Worse, the castle’s new magic likes them together—enough to bind their magic in a tether that reacts to every spark of emotion.

One shared room. One moody knight. And a castle that seems determined to play matchmaker.

As Liora and Wyot try to keep things professional, the castle conjures cozy gardens, dreamy ballrooms, and unexpected moments that feel dangerously like fate. But with visiting dignitaries watching closely and the future of magical diplomacy at stake, falling in love might not just be a risk to her mission—it might change the course of magic itself.

A cozy fantasy romance full of enchanted spaces, slow-burn longing, and the kind of magic that knows exactly when two people belong together.

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