A Vigil of Thorns: A Slow-Burn, Enemies-to-Lovers, End-of-the-World Sapphic Gothic Fantasy Romance (THE QUEEN OF DEATH Book 1)

They sent a Lantern Warden to cage the death-marked heir. Neither of them expected to fall in love — as the world began to end.A VIGIL OF THORNS is the haunting first volume of Rowan Wintergrave's Queen of Death — an epic, slow-burn sapphic gothic romantasy perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir and S.T. Gibson. Three parts of the saga bound in one volume: The Pale Vigil, The Mourning Tide, and The Hollow Crown.I am the last heir of House Vael—the cursed bloodline, the death-marked girl, the monster mothers use to frighten their children. I can ease the dying into rest. I can hear what the graves whisper. And I have spent my whole life being feared for it.So the Order sends a Lantern Warden to cage me.Bryony Crowe is sharp-tongued, grief-hardened, and certain I'm the horror the world believes. She's sworn to contain my power. I should hate her for it.Instead, she's the first person alive who looks at what I can do—and doesn't flinch.But the veil between the living and the dead is tearing, the old gods of death are dying, and the prophecy is clear: to hold back the dead, someone must become their queen. As the dead begin to march and a kingdom crumbles around us, the secret I'm keeping threatens to tear Bryony from me forever.Everyone wants me to be something I'm not—a weapon, a savior, a sacrifice. But what if saving everyone I love means leaving Bryony behind forever?It's time to find out what the death inside me can save.Love survives destiny. Love survives death. Love survives eternity.Reading OrderThe Queen of Death is best enjoyed in order — a three-volume sapphic gothic romantasy, each volume gathering parts of the saga.Volume One — A Vigil of Thorns• Part One: The Pale Vigil• Part Two: The Mourning Tide• Part Three: The Hollow CrownVolume Two — A Union of Ash• Part One: A Throne of Ash and Roses• Part Two: The Unburied WorldVolume Three — A Liturgy of Roses• Part One: The Cold Liturgy• Part Two: The Crown of Black RosesPerfect for readers who lovesapphic slow-burn romancehaunted moors, black roses, and graveyard magicmorally complicated heroines and doomed devotionnecromancy, ancient prophecies, and an enemy within the bloodlinegothic fantasy where love is tested against death itself