Daggermouth

Daggermouth is one of the best dystopian romances I've ever read." Clio Evans, author of Broken Beginnings.

He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion.

The first thing you'll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and weakness will get you killed.

The second thing is this — the Veyra are always watching. From the highest glass atrium in the Heart to the windowless slum dens of the Boundary, no movement goes unseen.

The last lesson is the hardest, but you must remember it. Love outside of your ring is a death sentence.

The city is carved into rings of privilege and poverty, ruled by the masked elite who will do whatever it takes to hold onto power.

Obedience is demanded. Rebellion is crushed.

Greyson Serel has spent his life caught between two worlds. Publicly, he's the flawless heir to the presidency. Privately, he's entangled in secrets that could topple the regime. But when he's forced into a political marriage meant to bind him tighter to the government's brutal laws, he finds himself shackled to a bride who is as lethal as she is unwilling.

Shadera is a mercenary raised to kill, not to wed. Yet when her bullet misses its mark, survival leaves her bound to the very man she was sent to eliminate. Trapped inside the corrupt heart of the city, she becomes both prisoner and wife, her every step watched, her every move tested.

Their union is no love story — It's a battlefield. As secrets come to light and betrayals fester within the walls of power, Greyson and Shadera must decide between annihilating one another or burning the city to the ground together.

In a world where passion sparks rebellion and loyalty is paid for in blood, their forced bond may be the spark that ignites a revolution. Or the fire that consumes them both.

Spice Rating:
3/5

Tropes:
Forced Political Marriage
Assassins vs Militia
Morally Grey Characters
Multiple POVs
Rise of the Oppressed
F/MCs in their 30s
Masked Elitism
Multiple Romances
True Enemies to Lovers
Extremely Corrupt Government
Stratified City
Dom Daddy
Masked MMC
Badass FMC
I tried to kill you but now I want to f*ck you