Iron and Honey

A fae nymph. Cold iron chains. Three men who don’t understand what they’ve caught.

Lyralei of the Auburn Spring has spent centuries walking the border between worlds. She seduces merchants, blesses harvests, and nudges mortal fortunes with a smile and a touch of magic. But in the alleys of Belquarry, one mistake is all it takes for everything to vanish.

When cold iron manacles snap around her wrists, Lyralei’s power drains away. Her glamour fades. Her carefully planned diplomatic mission lies in ruins. Stripped of magic and locked in a cellar, she faces three captors who have no idea how dangerous she is without a single spell.

There’s the desperate man hiding secrets behind a hard voice. The guilty boy who can’t quite meet her eyes. And the bitter scholar whose intellect cuts sharper than any blade. They think she’s helpless. They think she’s an object to be studied, traded, controlled.

They’re wrong.

With nothing left but her wits and centuries of practice reading men’s desires and fears, Lyralei begins to turn the power in the room. But as the hours stretch and their stories begin to unravel, she realizes this isn’t a simple abduction. Someone else is pulling the strings—and she may not be the only one trapped in this game.

When the man who hired them arrives with surgical instruments and scholarly curiosity, the stakes sharpen into something deadly. Escape will demand more than seduction. It will require trust from the unlikeliest source, and choices that could reshape the fragile balance between fae and mortals.

Iron and Honey is a dark fantasy of power, captivity, and the dangerous intimacy that forms when manipulation collides with genuine connection—set in Eranor, where ancient treaties bind fae and humans, and every promise carries weight.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

• Captive heroine and forced proximity mind games
• Sharp, sensual tension between captor and captive
• Fae politics and dangerous bargains with mortals
• Enemies who become uneasy allies
• Dark, intimate fantasy set in a fully realized world