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Dire Bound
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. Featuring exclusive bonus content!
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life-and her heart-to be one of them.
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, viciousdirewolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty.Whenher little sister, Saela, is kidnapped-stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting-Meryn's world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She isboundto a feraldirewolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her-everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife...and the halls hide dark secrets.
It's bond or bleed. Duel or die.Failure is ruin.
Don't miss the brand-new bonus chapter from Stark Therion's perspective!
Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.
Readers are already falling in love withDirebound:
“ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book...” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I just finished andstill trying to mentally and emotionally recoverto what just happened to me. You need to read itIMMEDIATELY.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“If you're intodark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount ofemotional wreckage, Direbound isyour next obsession.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“What anincredible read!!... I amblown away. ... The romance, the anguish,the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I. Am. OBSESSED....Left me spiralingin the best way possible. Themorally grey anti-hero? Perfection. Theslow-burn tension? Electric. ... I wascompletely immersed.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
Perfect for fans of:
Slow burn romance
Found family
Morally grey characters
One bed
Touch her and die
Who did this to you
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Vampires vs. wolves!
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Dire Bound
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. Featuring exclusive bonus content!
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life-and her heart-to be one of them.
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, viciousdirewolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty.Whenher little sister, Saela, is kidnapped-stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting-Meryn's world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She isboundto a feraldirewolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her-everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife...and the halls hide dark secrets.
It's bond or bleed. Duel or die.Failure is ruin.
Don't miss the brand-new bonus chapter from Stark Therion's perspective!
Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.
Readers are already falling in love withDirebound:
“ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book...” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I just finished andstill trying to mentally and emotionally recoverto what just happened to me. You need to read itIMMEDIATELY.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“If you're intodark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount ofemotional wreckage, Direbound isyour next obsession.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“What anincredible read!!... I amblown away. ... The romance, the anguish,the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I. Am. OBSESSED....Left me spiralingin the best way possible. Themorally grey anti-hero? Perfection. Theslow-burn tension? Electric. ... I wascompletely immersed.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
When Meryn’s sister goes missing, she reluctantly forms a psychic bond with a vicious direwolf to protect her family and keep a target off her own back — if only the devious prince will let her. This daring new romantasy series is perfect for fans of Julie Soto.
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. Featuring exclusive bonus content!
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life-and her heart-to be one of them.
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, viciousdirewolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty.Whenher little sister, Saela, is kidnapped-stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting-Meryn's world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She isboundto a feraldirewolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her-everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife...and the halls hide dark secrets.
It's bond or bleed. Duel or die.Failure is ruin.
Don't miss the brand-new bonus chapter from Stark Therion's perspective!
Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.
Readers are already falling in love withDirebound:
“ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book...” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I just finished andstill trying to mentally and emotionally recoverto what just happened to me. You need to read itIMMEDIATELY.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“If you're intodark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount ofemotional wreckage, Direbound isyour next obsession.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“What anincredible read!!... I amblown away. ... The romance, the anguish,the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
“I. Am. OBSESSED....Left me spiralingin the best way possible. Themorally grey anti-hero? Perfection. Theslow-burn tension? Electric. ... I wascompletely immersed.” Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿
"The perfect mash-up between Fourth Wing and Game of Thrones"—ScreenRant
"Saddle up, romantasy fans — a new magical romance novel is on the rise!"—People Magazine
"Dire Bound has all the best romantasy tropes: slow-burn romance, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, 'who did this to you?' and so much more. And if you like a unique spin on vampires vs. werewolves—you need this book!"—BookTrib.com
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