Iris of the Crowned Flame

Princess Lyla has spent her life learning how to navigate power without letting it define her. She loves fiercely, questions authority, and refuses to believe that duty should cost her joy.

When her mother—the queen—is killed under suspicious circumstances, Lyla is forced into a role she never expected to claim. The law binds her crown to marriage, and the Council moves to formalize it without delay. Tradition demands obedience. And the law forbids the one thing she will not surrender: Amyra, her best friend and the only woman she has ever loved.

Refusing to be cornered, Lyla proposes a dangerous compromise—a public tournament where rival princes will compete for her hand. The spectacle buys her time, but it also draws enemies into the open. As the trials unfold, Lyla finds herself surrounded by secrets: princes with hidden motives, whispers of long-buried magic, and Spencer, a childhood friend whose steady presence and unexpected depth unsettle everything she thought she understood about loyalty, duty, and her own heart.

As intrigue deepens and danger closes in, the truth behind her mother’s death refuses to stay buried. The choices Lyla makes—to love, to rule, to resist—begin to reshape the kingdom itself.

Iris of the Crowned Flame is the first book in a lush, emotionally driven romantasy series featuring forbidden love, political intrigue, and a heroine determined to claim both her crown and a polyamorous future shaped by choice rather than tradition.