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Veins of Power

by Becky Jane Fox

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Threads of the Fifth Realm #1

Why Read This?

You'll get a satisfying slow-burn romance with high stakes that makes the emotional payoff worth the wait.

Synopsis

Meet Lyra Bloom, a fiery redhead with a sharp tongue, a quick mind, and a dangerous streak of magic she can't quite control. Growing up scraping by in the lawless Outerlands, her survival meant learning to fight, lie and to rely on no one but herself. But one fatal mistake changes everything. Captured crossing the border to the Innerlands, Lyra is dragged into the very world she’s spent her life resenting. Inside the walls of the Citadel her magic grows stronger. Wilder. But so does something else: a rising lust and desire for something she doesn’t truly understand. Something shadowed. Something dangerous. Something that threatens to unravel her—and everything around her... And as whispers of rebellion spread and dragons strike from exile, Lyra must decide whether she’ll be forged into the weapon the Citadel wants… or become the spark that burns it all down Romantasy Fantasy Romance

At a Glance

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

Top Tropes

forced proximityfated matessecret relationship

Mood

darkintenseromanticsuspensefulepic

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.40 ★

Page Count

670 pages

Published

2026

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Virtual Voice

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: morally gray sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

intense / passionate sign in to unlock

deathemotional abusekidnappingtorturetraumaviolencebloodcaptivitygriefwar

World & Setting

high fantasy sign in to unlock

Reading Context

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