Sent beyond the village hedge as a sacrifice, Maren Vale expects to meet a monster.

Instead, she finds Blackthorn Hall: a ruined manor lit by hundreds of candles, choked by roses, and haunted by the women who came before her. At its centre waits Lord Evren, a cursed man with thorns beneath his skin, secrets in his hands, and a hunger he has spent a century denying.

But Maren is no meek offering. She is a healer, a witch’s daughter, and far too angry to die politely.

As the hedge begins whispering in her mother’s voice and the truth of the old bargain unravels, Maren discovers that the village has lied, the brides were never willing, and love may be just another name for sacrifice, unless she rewrites the curse herself.

Dark, sensual, and deeply romantic, The Briar Bride is a gothic fairytale of thorn magic, forbidden desire, and the women who refuse to be remembered only as offerings.