He's planning their wedding. She's planning his funeral.
Harlowe never dreamed she'd marry a man just to widow herself on her wedding night. But when her best friend Amryssa is promised to a sadistic prince, Harlowe takes her friend's place at the altar, a dagger strapped to her thigh. Her plan is simple. Marry the monster. Play along long enough to get close. Kill him before dawn. Except the prince isn't what Harlowe expected. Instead of cruelty, she finds charm, a quick wit, and a sparkling gaze that makes her pulse quicken. Worse, he seems determined to win her over by any means necessary. Then, when he proves inexplicably immune to the magical storms that sweep her swamp and inflict hallucinatory nightmares on everyone in their path, Harlowe has to wonder… is he the monster everyone believes, or isn't he? Now, trapped in a manor with an enigmatic husband she can't bring herself to kill—while the storms outside grow deadlier—Harlowe must do the impossible: uncover everyone's secrets before the nightmares can claim her best friend…and before she falls for the man she swore to destroy. The Nightmare Bride is a standalone gothic fantasy romance that combines the manor setting of Phantasma with a romantasy-style arranged marriage, a foul-mouthed heroine, slow-burn banter, and enemies-to-lovers level yearning.
