Sabine marries the duke accused of killing seven wives, then opens his forbidden doors and finds each missing woman wearing a future version of her face.

Two former lovers enter a bridal contest for an immortal heir and discover the winning wedding portrait is a soul prison choosing between them.

A copper artisan must open the Jewel King’s cursed armor one memory at a time before the crystal growing from his silence reaches his heart.

An orchid-mantid diplomat must marry the general she blames for burning her homeland before their living palace devours both castes.

Two rival rune witches marry for peace and discover their consensual frost-fire bond exposes the massacre both queens used to build the Winter Throne.

Salvage diver Imani Baptiste fakes an engagement to the Salt King—then learns their vow demands he drown her before the next dawn.

A fae strategist steals the coin holding her father's last memory—then enters a thirty-day marriage with the ruthless lord she came to expose.