Crown Me Dead

A gravedigger’s daughter knows death better than most people know life. Born into dirt and rot, she spends her days among graves while the living around her decay in their own ways. When her brother’s life begins slipping away, she is offered a bargain too cruel to ignore: seduce the king, become queen, and die so her brother can live. Kael rules a festering realm of ruin, while Vale stands as the cold architect of a plan that may destroy her before she understands the truth. Between deception, curses, political games, and a romance paved in death, she must decide whether she is merely a pawn—or the one person who knows exactly where to bury the men trying to use her.