Rebecca Robinson
At a glance
Perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy and Thea Guanzon, Rebecca Robinson’s thrilling romantasy debut combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.
All her life, Vaasa Kozár has been sharpened into a blade.
After losing her mother—her only remaining parent—to a mysterious dark magic that has since awakened within her, Vaasa is certain death looms. So is her merciless brother, who aims to eliminate Vaasa as a threat to his crown. In one last political scheme, he marries her off to Reid of Mireh, a ruthless foreign ruler, in hopes that he can use her death as a rallying cry to finally invade Reid’s nation. All Vaasa has to do is die.
But she is desperate to live. Vaasa enters her new marriage with every intent to escape it, wielding the hard-won political prowess and combat abilities her late father instilled in her. But to her surprise, Reid offers her a deal: help him win the votes to rise in power, and she can walk free. In exchange, he will share his knowledge about the dark magic running through her veins—and help keep it at bay.
This proposal may be too good to refuse, yet Vaasa and Reid’s undeniable attraction threatens to break the rules of their arrangement. As her brother’s lethal machinations take form, everything is at stake: Vaasa must learn to trust her new husband, but how can she, especially when their perfect political marriage begins to feel like the real thing?
"A fascinating world, intriguing characters, and a romance worth swooning over make this a must-read!"
- C.J. Redwine, New York Times bestselling author of the Ravenspire series
"With this dazzling debut, Rebecca Robinson has proven herself not only a master of original, well-crafted world building, but also the delicate art of a spicy slow burn. I could not put this riveting, lush fantasy down, and will be eagerly awaiting the next installment."
- Kate Golden, author of the Sacred Stones Trilogy
"Magical and fantastic, The Serpent and the Wolf is utterly captivating. One witch is trouble, a coven is a nightmare, and this is impossible to put down!"
- Paige Crutcher, author of The Orphan Witch
With rope tied under one pillow and a tiny blade hidden beneath another, Vaasalisa Kozár scurried around a dimly lit room in the High Temple of Mireh.
She would not be here when the sun came up.
The people dancing in the downstairs hall of this enormous temple were the perfect distraction, with their aggravatingly loud music and communal dances, absorbed in themselves and their honeyed wine without a care for the bride or groom.
She despised each and every person in that great hall. Every per- son who had attended this fraud of a ceremony.
Her brother, Dominik, especially, with his serpentine smile and glinting raven hair. As she peeled off her ugly white marriage gown, violent images of ripping that hair from his head and silencing his audacious laugh pulsed in her mind.
But his death was not at the forefront of her priorities. He had al- ready slithered back to his palace and his pretty women in their home empire of Asterya anyway. Whatever reasons Vaasa’s viper of a brother had to arrange her marriage only months after their father’s death…
