This Dark Heart ebook

A kingdom ravaged by demon-like daayan. A people surviving thanks to the mages that protect them. A secret romance that could ruin them all… 'This Dark Heart is the richest of sapphic fantasies, with a love story fierce enough to break the world and weave it back together again. Unforgettable – I adored it.' Holly Race 'A tense and exciting Indian-inspired romantasy with a beautiful queer love story at its heart…' Bryony Pearce In a world where the shadow-like 'daayan' stalk the night, the mages of Agraal are the only ones able to defend the realm. So, when Princess Thiya discovers she has the extraordinary powers of a healing mage, she captures the attention of earth mage Isaac. In order to lure Thiya to the frontline to help defeat the daayan, Isaac does the unthinkable, he takes Thiya's true love Amara hostage. Thiya must make a perilous journey to rescue Amara. But not everything is as it seems and the powers at work behind Amara's abduction might come from the darkest heart of them all. · Clean teen romantasy set in a world of magic and demons · Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award, 2025 · A forbidden, friends to lovers romance A poignant, moving love story set in a rich and vivid world inspired by Indian folk tales.