The Hollow Crown

No one in Thessaly Rook's family had been Hollow-born in four generations -- until the Shadow Throne's mark chose her at her own presentation ball, in front of three hundred witnesses.The Hollow Crown follows Thessaly into the Court Trials, the only sanctioned path for a Hollow-born to earn a boon that could save her family's fading fortune. Every True-born noble at court would rather see her fail than share the Throne's favor with someone who wasn't born to it -- especially Lord Callan Ferrow, whose family lost a betrothal to a Hollow-born scandal a generation back, and who has every reason to despise the girl whose shadow-thread keeps answering his.As the Trials force them together again and again, Thessaly and Callan discover their bound shadow recognizes something neither of them is ready to admit out loud.What's inside:- A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance set in a court built on inherited grudges- An original shadow-magic system tied to family fortune and old scandal- A dark court-intrigue setting with real consequences for old prejudice- A bound-working trial that ties two rivals' magic together whether they like it or not- A forbidden midnight petition that risks disqualification to save a family homePerfect for readers who love court-intrigue romantasy, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, and magic systems bound up in family legacy.