Author: Amanda ConnollyFantasy romancePublished on 7 July 2026 by HODDER & STOUGHTON (Hodderscape) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Martyred Isle Series' series.Hardback | 464 pages, None163 x 242 x 43 | 702g A darkly addictive romantasy debut about a girl who sacrifices everything to buy the dangerous magic that could save her sister - the first in a trilogy perfect for fans of The Foxglove King and Throne of Glass.On the mist-shrouded Isle of Eireann, buying magic comes with a price.But when her beloved older sister is gravely injured, Maeve risks everything to buy the forbidden magic that might save her. In exchange, Maeve trades her life to a ruthless and dangerously alluring rebel leader. Bound to do his bidding, Maeve finds herself thrown into a deadly competition to become the next queen and stand beside a prince rumoured to be more brutal than his tyrannical father.With the isle on the brink of war, trust and survival come at a terrible cost-one that will tear Maeve's world, and her heart, in two.What would you sacrifice to survive?TROPESEnemies-to-loversMorally grey FMCSlow-burn romanceDeadly trials
