One steely pirate. One bossy princess. Two very different ideas of where this ship ought to go.

For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Naomi Novik, and The Princess Bride comes a witty, fast-paced romantasy brimming with enemies-to-lovers tension, swoon-worthy banter, and a magical world you will not want to leave.

Princess Cordetta is many things: an inventor, a magic-seer, the elder daughter of a royal family in a kingdom where elder daughters must marry before their younger sisters can even be courted. But what she refuses to be is the wife of Fitzbarton Humphreys-Humphries, a man who requires seven forks to eat breakfast and has already told her there will be no reason for any wife of his to make anything other than babies.

And so, she makes a plan, steals a flying ship, and runs.

What she does not plan for is Heath, a sword-skilled pirate who has already stolen his way aboard with a sack of suspicious weapons and a burning vendetta he refuses to explain. He needs her ship. She needs his navigational skills. Neither of them needs the unbearable slow-burn tension building between them with every argument, every near-death experience, and every moment his dark eyes catch hers across a candlelit dinner table.

But the world outside the ship is far more dangerous than anything inside it.

The Seep, a spreading magical corruption that twists forests into thorned nightmares and births monsters from its depths, is growing faster than anyone will admit. Somewhere inside it lives the Stoneman, a legendary killer with secrets that could destroy everything Cordetta has ever loved. And the closer they sail to the truth about Heath's past, the more Cordetta realizes that some hunts cannot end without a cost.

BETROTHED TO THE BLADE features:

A clever, fiercely independent heroine who builds her own weapons and dislikes being rescued but won’t turn it down

A brooding, battle-scarred hero whose sharp edges soften in all the right places

Sizzling enemies-to-lovers slow burn with forced proximity on a flying ship

Epic monster fights, high-stakes aerial battles, and a glittering masquerade ball

A found family forged in danger, loyalty, and truly excellent cooking

A lovable creature named Bones who steals every scene she appears in (or at least, tries to take a bite)

A richly imagined world of Moonjade magic, Seep-horrors, and sky-sailing adventure

Romance that earns every heartbeat, from banter to breathless tension to the moment the armor finally cracks

Perfect for readers who love:

Pirates and princesses. Ancient magic and new inventions. Heroines who solve problems with their minds and heroes who protect with their lives. Stories where the banter is as sharp as the swords, the stakes are as high as the sky, and the romance makes you forget to breathe.

Betrothed to the Blade is the first book in The Betrothed Saga.