King of Blood & Tides: 2

After surviving King Helmar, torture and imprisonment, all the while awakening her magic, Artura finds herself confronted by a new challenge, one she never anticipated facing: >Free now of Cimran and the horrors it holds, Artura's life is set on a one-way trajectory to ruling a foreign kingdom. It's the cost of remaining at the side of the man she loves, of remaining free of a past that haunts her day in and day out. But leaving Cimran behind is no easy feat, not when her only family still suffers an unknown fate at Helmar's vindictive hands. The promise of life in Nimue offers Artura everything she's ever hoped for. At long last, she feels safe and protected. Yet she soon discovers that so long as Helmar reigns in neighbouring Cimran, safety is an illusion at best. When a new player emerges, promising Artura the one thing she wants above all else, she's forced to make a choice: The man who saved her? Or the man who raised her? >Sequel to 'Queen of Poison & Fire, ' book 2 in Artura x Thorn