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Rose in Chains

by Julie Soto

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·The Evermore Trilogy #1

Why Read This?

You'll experience a gripping, angst-filled romance with high stakes and dark themes that keeps you hooked despite the slow pacing.

Synopsis

The war is over, the dark forces have won, and the hero who was supposed to save them is dead. Captured as her castle is overrun by the enemy, Briony Rosewood knows that the world as she knows it is changed forever. The dark forces of Bomard have won and her people, the Eversuns, face imminent servitude, imprisonment or death. Her brother, fated to be heir twice over and unite the warring kingdoms, is dead. Stripped of her Mind Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are quickly auctioned off to the highest bidders in an auction – and as the heir apparent’s sister, she fetches the highest price. After a fierce bidding war, she’s sold to none other than Toven - a high ranking Bomardsun – and her long-time and ill-fated infatuation. Scion of a family known for their cruel control of Heart Magic, the Hearsts are ruthlessly ambitious, and Briony knows they will use her however they can to further their own interests. Yet despite the horrors of her new world and the role she must learn to play within it, all is not lost. Help – and hope – may yet arise in the most unlikely of places…

At a Glance

4.17 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximityauction / sold themes

Mood

darkintensebroodingromanticsuspenseful

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.17 ★

Page Count

464 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Ella Lynch

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: royalty sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

rough / aggressive style sign in to unlock

human traffickingdeathmurderslaverytortureviolenceauction / sold themescaptivitydubious consentwar

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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