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Souls in Ruin

by Jacqueline White

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·The Soulbound Series #1

Why Read This?

A debut dark romantasy with godlike men, a princess who refuses to break, and enough possessive tension to make your hair stand up — if you like Raven Kennedy and Jennifer L. Armentrout, this is your next obsession.

Synopsis

Book One of the Soulbound Series A marriage forged in blood. A kingdom bathed in silence. And a princess whose soul refuses to shatter. When Princess Mireille is wed to a foreign king with cold eyes and colder intentions, she expects distance, perhaps cruelty, not chains. Kept imprisoned within her own kingdom’s walls, she learns her father’s past sins are not easily buried, but neither is she. As her world twists into something unrecognizable, Mireille finds herself caught between two powerful beings—one who wants her obedience, and one who wants what little soul she has left. Yet, Mireille was not born to kneel. Souls in Ruin is the first book in a dark fantasy series about survival, obsession, and the quiet fury of a woman who refuses to be forgotten. For readers who love myth-drenched romance, morally dark men, and heroines who rise from ruin. This book ends on a cliffhanger. For CWs, please check the author's website.

At a Glance

4.19 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

captive romanceenemies to loversforced proximity

Mood

darkintenseatmosphericmysteriousbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.19 ★

Page Count

635 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Fantasy Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Format

Full Cast

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: survivor sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

Open door, explicit scenes. Intense and possessive — the intimacy reflects the power imbalance and emotional chaos of the story. Spice builds slowly but hits hard when it arrives. sign in to unlock

domestic abusephysical abuseemotional abusesexual violencetorturemurderdeath of parentkidnappingviolencetraumapsychological horrorconfinementcaptivitymisogynybloodtoxic relationship

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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