She cannot die. He cannot feel. Together, they may save a kingdom - or burn it to the ground.Seraphine Ashveil has survived three executions. Not through luck. Through fire - an ancient power that runs through her blood, a gift the kingdom fears and a secret she has carried alone her entire life.When Kael Voss, the King's most dangerous operative, offers her freedom in exchange for one impossible task - retrieving a crown lost for three hundred years from a temple no one has ever survived - Seraphine must choose between the axe and the unknown.She chooses the fire.Set in a crumbling kingdom of ash and ancient magic, THE EMBER CROWN follows one woman's journey from condemned prisoner to the last guardian of a dying flame-pact, and the cold, careful man who spent three years searching for her - for reasons he has not yet admitted, even to himself.A slow-burn romantasy novella featuring:- A fierce, fire-blooded heroine who has never learned to be afraid- A brooding, secretive hero who keeps very thorough notes- Ancient magic and a kingdom fracturing at its seams- Enemies-to-lovers tension across dead forests and midnight libraries- A found-purpose story with a heart of ember and ironPerfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Roshani Chokshi.Book One of The Ashen Kingdoms. The story continues.