A Crown of Echoes: A Romantasy of Forbidden Magic and Fierce Queens (The Crown Saga: Forbidden Queen x Knight Romantasy) by Brindi Quinn

Her best friend’s knight. Her worst temptation. Queen Merrin might be the least queenly queen in all the realms. Proper queens do not sneak out at night to drink with their guards—especially guards sworn to another queen. But when her closest friend, Queen Beau, vanishes after confessing a dangerous secret, Merrin trades her title for a guard’s cloak and crosses forbidden borders with three knights at her side. One of them is Windley: charming, scandalous, impossible to ignore—and sworn to the queen Merrin is trying to save. His forbidden desire-magic makes wanting him a political risk, a magical risk, and a terrible idea. As Merrin ventures through cursed woods, ancient lore, and a realm where queens are not supposed to disappear, she becomes bound to shadowy echoes only she can command. To save Beau and protect her crown, Merrin will have to trust the one guard who could change everything. A Crown of Echoes is the first book in The Crown Saga, a complete adult/NA queen × knight romantasy series filled with forbidden desire-magic, missing-queen rescue, court intrigue, meddling goddesses, found family, and slow-burn royal longing. Read more