Crowned in thorns. Born to restore a broken realm. Hunted from her first breath.

Ceryne never asked to be special. For twenty-one years, she's endured the whispers of "witch-blooded" and "cursed" in her small village of Briarhollow, blamed for her mother's death in childbirth and her father's subsequent madness.

But on the night of her twenty-first birthday, everything changes. Her shadow detaches from her body, ancient magic awakens in her blood, and she finds herself bound to an oath made centuries before she was born.

Now hunted by the Hollow Prince?an immortal witch-hunter cursed to track down the last remnants of a magic he doesn't understand?Ceryne is forced to flee into the forbidden Witchwilds. There, she discovers the truth: she is the last living heir of the Moonbound Queens, the witch-sovereigns who once ruled the realm before it was fractured into five warring dominions.

As the stars align for the Convergence, a cosmic event that threatens to tear apart the barriers between worlds, Ceryne must embrace the very magic that damned her bloodline. With the reluctant help of the Hollow Prince, whose curse binds him to her in ways neither expected, she races to reach the Moonbound Throne before Lord Desmond Kavanagh can harness the coming chaos for his own dark ambitions.

But power demands sacrifice. To save a fractured realm, Ceryne must become what she was born to be?even if it costs her everything.

Thorns of the Moonbound Queen is a dark fantasy adventure filled with court intrigue, forbidden magic, and a slow-burn romance between enemies forced to rely on each other as the world unravels around them. Perfect for fans of Holly Black, Sarah J. Maas, and Naomi Novik.