Book details
- Author: Isolde Raine
- Release date: June 23, 2026
- Publisher: Indie / self-published
- Language: English
- Genres: Fantasy
About A Tithe of Shadow & Bone
She offered herself as tithe to save her sister. The King expected obedience. He got war.
Every year, the Shadow King's court claims one life to hold back the rot devouring the borderlands. For eight years, Wren Calder has kept her sister's name out of the bowl. Whatever it takes.
Then her sister's name is drawn, and Wren does the unthinkable. She takes her place.
She expects to die. Instead, the immortal king takes one look at the girl whose own shadow bends to her will and refuses to let her go. Wren carries the last living thread of the failing Veil in her blood. She is the one thing he has hunted for eleven years. She is also the one thing he cannot afford to want.
Trapped in his court and bound to him by a magic neither of them chose, Wren learns that the King's bargains hide a truth darker than the tithe: the world is dying faster than anyone knows, and saving it may cost her the enemy she is starting to crave.
She won't kneel. He won't yield. And the bond between them refuses to care.
Perfect for readers who crave:
🖤 Enemies to lovers
🗡️ She takes her sister's place
👑 A morally grey immortal king
🔗 A bond neither of them chose
🔥 A very slow burn, and the tension is the point
✨ "You do not get to die for me."
Book One of The Unbroken Thread. A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy with an emotionally complete arc and no cliffhanger. The war, and the burn, continue in Book Two: A Crown of Hollow Light, available now.
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A Tithe of Shadow & Bone by Isolde Raine is scheduled to be released on June 23, 2026.
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The release date for A Tithe of Shadow & Bone is June 23, 2026.
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A Tithe of Shadow & Bone is categorised as Fantasy.
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Release details last updated August 1, 2026.