The Devil May Care

Kay’s not supposed to be in the Crimson Realm. One minute she’s at a veterinary conference, and the next she’s plummeting through an elevator shaft that turns into something else entirely—something burning and blood-colored and alive. Now she’s stranded in a brutal, otherworldly kingdom ruled by flame and passion, politics and power, where even names can kill.

She’s mortal. Human. Unmarked. And according to every law that governs the Realm of Infernalis… she shouldn’t have survived the Wastes.

Crimson is a kingdom ruled by passion, where power is inherited not by blood, but by fire. And somehow, this brutal realm of daemari...

Kay’s not supposed to be in the Crimson Realm. One minute she’s at a veterinary conference, and the next she’s plummeting through an elevator shaft that turns into something else entirely—something burning and blood-colored and alive. Now she’s stranded in a brutal, otherworldly kingdom ruled by flame and passion, politics and power, where even names can kill.

She’s mortal. Human. Unmarked. And according to every law that governs the Realm of Infernalis… she shouldn’t have survived the Wastes.

Crimson is a kingdom ruled by passion, where power is inherited not by blood, but by fire. And somehow, this brutal realm of daemari and magic thinks she belongs in the fight to claim its dying throne.

Caziel has walked through war and loss and come out colder than stone. He turned his back on the Rite of Succession years ago—and on the throne that cost him everything. But when Kay appears out of nowhere, very human and very much alive in a place she shouldn’t have survived, he’s ordered to watch her. Protect her. And when the flame begins to stir for her, choose what she means to him.

She doesn’t want a crown. He doesn’t want a bond. But want is the law in Crimson. And the flame never chooses by accident.