Ballad of the Broken (Crowns of Gods and Monsters)

The kingdoms are dying…
And the price to save them will shatter Lyra's heart.

Dragged into the Seven Hells, Lyra is forced to marry the fallen god who betrayed her. But he is no ordinary captor, and in the Hells, nothing is as it seems.
Bound to a past she cannot remember, Lyra will do anything to find a cure for the curse consuming the Commander of Death. Even if it means surrendering herself to the very god who stole her.

Across the ocean, the Commander of Death is running out of time. Their bond torments him, forcing him to feel Lyra falling for another while the curse rots him from within. Determined to hold her one last time before death claims him, he sails the Dead Sea in search of the only woman he has ever loved.

Caught between the monster made to kill her and the fallen god who refuses to let her go, Lyra must choose between saving the kingdoms and saving the men who have claimed her heart.

Because the throne demands more than blood…
It demands heartbreak.