Swordcrossed

Featuring gorgeous rich rose sprayed edges in the hardcover edition! High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel. The cozy,low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance whereyesthe swords do cross. A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024 Mattinesh Jaydutiful heir to his struggling family businessneeds to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. Sword-challenge at the ceremony could destroy all hope of restoring his family’s wealthsomething that Matti has been tryingΓÇöand failingΓÇöto do for the past ten years. What he can affordunfortunatelyis part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere. Lucafor his partis trying to reinvent himself in a new city. All he wants to do is make some easy money and try to forget the crime he committed in his hometown. He didn’t plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsibleΓÇöand inconveniently handsomeΓÇöwool merchant like Matti. Howeverneither Matti’s business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As the days count down to Matti’s weddingthe two of them become entangled in the intrigue and sabotage that have brought Matti’s house to the brink of ruin. And when Luca’s secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing allianceboth Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip awaywhen the truth could mean losing everything you want? \