Every bride promised to the Cursed King died before reaching the altar. When Princess Seraphina Ashford is ordered to marry the infamous King Lucien Draven to end a decades-long war, she prepares herself to become his next victim. The entire continent believes Lucien is a heartless monster cursed by the gods, a ruler whose touch brings only death. But after arriving at his kingdom, Seraphina discovers a shocking truth. The king she was taught to fear is not the real monster. An ancient curse is slowly consuming Lucien, while ruthless nobles and a mysterious enemy lurking in the shadows will stop at nothing to seize his throne. As deadly secrets unravel and forbidden magic awakens, Seraphina finds herself caught between duty and a love she never expected. With kingdoms on the brink of war and an ancient prophecy threatening to plunge the world into darkness, Seraphina must decide whether to abandon the cursed king... or risk everything to save the man everyone else wants dead. Sometimes the greatest curse isn't falling in love with a monster. It's discovering the monster was never him.