Fifty Paces of Winter

Prequel

De: Sophie Kensington

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

When the Binding Moon draws near, every vow becomes a weapon.

Seventeen-year-old Liora Juniper has one week to keep her freedom, steady her family’s failing charter, and survive a court that weighs girls like coin. She can outdance a rumor and outread a contract, yet the old Tithe Bride law waits for a single misstep. With her prickly best friend Mira and a quick-winged sprite named Kettle at her side, Liora trains refusal magic in a ruined watchtower, bargains for ink in the scribes’ arcade, and tests her courage on an iron bridge with a human smith who understands dangerous thresholds.

The city glitters with rehearsals and veiled threats. A thorn-masked envoy whispers of protection. A bouquet arrives with a single black seed. Across the river, the Warhound drills the King’s guard until the courtiers forget how to titter. Liora feels the first bright itch of a life-thread and chooses the only promise that matters: I will not be bartered; if a vow is spoken, it will be mine.

This romantic fantasy prequel sets the stage for an epic trilogy, weaving court intrigue with winter magic, quiet defiance, and a slow, breath-catching pull between enemies, allies, and the man who watches from the shadows.

Perfect for readers who love fae courts, fierce heroines, found family, and a clean slow-burn that still makes the heart race.

Tropes and vibes: fae courts, slow burn, forced proximity, age gap simmer, refusal magic, protective commander, legal cunning, winter atmosphere, life-threads, found family friendship

Series: Prequel to the romantasy Book One, “Fifty Paces of Winter.”
Content notes: YA friendly, peril without gore, romantic tension, no spice.
Reading order: Prequel, then Book One.