At 20 years old, Laurel was the prophesied Queen of Thayaria, fated for a great love and the win the war that would unite her people—until she lost. 300 years after the war with Velmara, Queen Laurel Elestren of Thayaria has shrouded her kingdom in mist. She’s known throughout the Four Kingdoms as The Witch Queen, reclusive and feared for her dark magic. When the magic of Thayaria begins to falter, Laurel strikes a deal with her enemy, King Mazus of Velmara, to trade emissaries. But Velamara’s emissary, Prince Hawthorne, is a powerful wielder of light magic and a handsome, indiscriminate bachelor—two things Laurel is not prepared to deal with. As resentment and rebellion form in Thayaria, could Hawthorne be an ally to unite their kingdoms as well as her own? Or was he sent to destroy her from the inside out? The Witch Queen is the first book in the Crown of Thayaria, an adult Fantasy Romance series with deep world building, high steam, political intrigue, and multiple romance plot lines.
Author
Alexandria Arden, or Alley, has been writing since she was young. Somewhere between the self-consciousness of her teenage years and the soul crushing experience that was grad school, she stopped writing creatively, convincing herself that the thing she loved doing as a child just “wasn’t her skillset.“ Cue the pandemic and the rise of popular Fantasy Romance books. Alley rediscovered her love of reading and stories. Throughout that process, she started an Instagram account and podcast dedicated to talking about books. She’s built an incredible community of readers and authors alike, and it was this community who inspired her to revisit that childhood passion of writing. Alley lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband and the true love of her life, her cat Willow. When she’s not reading or writing, Alley can be found working in her yard, starting a house project she can’t finish, or complaining while hiking in the Wasatch mountains. Alley is most active on her Instagram accounts, @alexandriaardenauthor and @alleycatsandbooks
