Burn Before the Throne
Rowan Vane has spent her life hiding, suppressing the strange heat that hums beneath her skin, desperate to blend in and secure a conscription stipend for her ailing mother. But....
Rowan Vane has spent her life hiding, suppressing the strange heat that hums beneath her skin, desperate to blend in and secure a conscription stipend for her ailing mother. But when a sparring match ignites an impossible, searing flame in her hands, the carefully constructed walls around her life begin to crumble. Her father's warnings to keep her head down and let others win echo in her mind, but a power she can no longer control threatens to expose her to a world that fears what it doesn't understand. As a mysterious highborn girl and a watchful royal officer take notice, Rowan realizes her secret is out, and the ordinary life she craves is now a dangerous illusion. What will she sacrifice to keep her family safe when the fire within demands to be unleashed?
