Crown of Iron by Crystal J. Johnson

Crown of Iron by Crystal J. JohnsonHEAVY IS THE CROWN THAT IS TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE One of the powerless among a people who can bend nature to their will, Raelle Mansi will be the first queen of her kind. Prophecy says she is destined to be the ruler who will unify her people and end a bloody war within her torn kingdom. It is a feat that feels impossible when she isn't divinely gifted. When Raelle learns a rival queen is holding her father for ransom, she defies the king and

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To capture the spirit of the holidays

thanks to the distance Axel keeps

and unimpressed by his big-man-on-campus status

where she’s interning as a wedding planner

but can be read independently

) stuck in her ways

he's got layers—even if Jess doesn't want to see them

While one of the contenders might become my husband

is for Ryan to show up looking like Adonis and touting his own career success as the youngest chef to ever win three Michelin stars

It wasn’t the beautiful stranger sticking her nose in my operations

he decides to give their love a chance