Vowlanding

On the floor where every oath is law, she’s promised to the wrong man.

Two months after his first Guardian kill, Joren Ashlock leads a crew the Dregring would die for — and spends his nights as Maelis Coronach’s most dangerous secret. Their bond is climbing toward something rare enough to frighten a whole city: a full Hearthbond.

There is only one place it can be forged. Floor 20, the Vowlanding — a cathedral of black glass where the tower itself enforces every promise. It is exactly where Maelis must pledge herself to Dace Harrowmont, or watch her House and everyone who depends on it fall into ruin.

With a Chandlery inquisitor hunting Joren, a poison that turns his every word into an unbreakable chain, and a truth about Maelis’s death he still hasn’t confessed, one oath is about to set Tallowmere on fire.

• A secret affair with a promised heiress

• A scandalous public declaration

• Soul-deep bond magic with shared sensation

• Rival Houses, a hunted hero and buried secrets

• Dual POV, open door

Book 2 of The Twice-Climbed. Contains explicit scenes; for readers 18+.