Fates collide and passions ignite in New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer’s steamy adult fantasy debut about three characters torn between chasing, betraying, and craving each other: a princess caught between duty and desire, the fearsome warrior king she’s promised to, and the assassin tasked with hunting them down.
WARRIOR. King Maddox Kyronan’s fire magic has earned him a ruthless reputation on the battlefield, but now his land is slowly burning. Ky’s only chance to save his people is to enter a marriage alliance with the neighboring nation of Astranza, and hope that their royal family’s power to manipulate the weather will help his kingdom flourish once more. He just needs to ensure no one finds out how this blaze began.
PRINCESS. With enemies advancing on Astranza, Princess Jory’s home needs the protection of the fearsome warrior king, but she is hiding a dangerous secret: her family’s magic is fading. Tempting as it is to reject her duties and run away with her childhood friend, Asher, Jory knows that she is the kingdom’s last hope. When she meets her intended, Jory is surprised to discover that beneath Ky’s daunting exterior is a compassionate and sharp-witted man who sets her heart aflame. But what will he do when he realizes she’s deceiving him?
ASSASSIN. Asher’s done what he must to survive, even if that means getting his hands dirty. Once a young nobleman in Astranza’s palace, where he and Jory caused mischief together, now he’s part of the Hunter’s Guild, employing much darker skills. When a lucrative job comes his way, Asher can’t say no—until he discovers the targets. Someone wants Ky and Jory dead. With the Guild watching, Asher must decide what he’s willing to do to protect the woman he loves.
Warrior Princess Assassin marks the beginning of a thrilling new fantasy trilogy filled with enchantment, adventure, and passionate romance.
The series
At the heart of Braided Fate are three lives moving toward one another under the weight of expectation and hidden truths, each carrying a different kind of power and fear.
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One is a fire-bound king whose magic is both his greatest weapon and his slowest undoing. He rules a kingdom built on flame, strength, and tradition, yet every choice he makes feels like a gamble against time. His arc is shaped by responsibility rather than ambition, and by the quiet dread that saving his people may cost him everything else. Power, for him, is not about dominance but endurance, learning how far he is willing to bend before he breaks.
Opposite him stands a princess raised in a land where weather answers to bloodlines and ancient vows. Her magic is fragile, fading, and closely guarded, mirroring her own uncertainty about her place in a world that expects certainty from her. She is not driven by conquest but by the need to understand who she can become when her inheritance no longer defines her. Her journey is deeply internal, marked by restraint, observation, and the slow realization that survival sometimes requires defiance.
Threaded between them is an assassin whose loyalty has always been clear, until it no longer is. Trained to kill without hesitation, this character brings a grounded, often unsettling perspective to the story. Violence is familiar, but trust is not, and the conflict between duty and desire becomes impossible to ignore as alliances shift. Their presence adds constant tension, both emotional and physical, forcing the others to confront uncomfortable truths about control, guilt, and choice.
Together, these characters form the emotional core of Braided Fate. Their relationships are shaped by suspicion as much as attraction, and by moments of connection that feel dangerous in a world built on secrets. As their paths intertwine, the series explores how love, power, and fate collide, not in grand declarations, but in small, irreversible decisions that change the course of kingdoms.
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