King of Salt: A Dark Pirate Romance

A dark pirate romance of a captive, her captor, a vote that cannot be refused, and a man who would rather burn eleven islands than give her up.Dual POV. Book One of The Salt Council.Eleven islands. Eleven captains. One Table of Salt, and one law older than all of them: a vote of the Table cannot be refused.Kieran Mourne refused it.SHE IS NOT MINE TO GIVE. SHE NEVER WAS.JunoHe killed my brother on the deck of our ship, and then he took me home with him.I have a knife under a floorboard and a plan, and every night I climb the east stair and count the days until I use it. I did not plan for a man who feeds me at his own table, gives me the sail loft his mother used to sit in, and only looks at me when he thinks I cannot see.KieranThe Council chose my bride. Two fleets, three counting-houses, peace with the crown. I signed the contract.Then I stood up in front of eleven captains, laid my pearl on the black stone, and named my prisoner instead.Seven islands declared war before the ink was dry. And the woman I set the world on fire for still has not decided whether she wants me dead.Things to know about King of Salt: - Captive and captor, enemies to lovers with a real reason: he killed her brother- He falls first, he falls harder, and he hides it badly- Touch her and die- He refuses the bride his council chose and claims her in front of his peers- A war fought over one woman- Rope instead of irons: explicit consent, a safeword, and a man who honors it- A secret wedding, a morally black hero who is gentle with no one but her- A heroine who never forgives him, and loves him anyway- Dual POV, open door, slow burn that catches fireContent warnings: captivity, on-page murder, public execution, drowning, war, siege and famine, betrayal, consensual restraint, explicit sexual content.Book one of a trilogy. This book does not end with a happily ever after.