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Crown Me Dead

By LIV Zander
Series: Heartstring Duet
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This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last! THE No. 1 BESTSELLING DARK ROMANTASY LEAVING READERS WORLDWIDE IN TEARS. WED ME. BED ME. SLIT MY THROAT. As the gravedigger’s daughter, Elara has seen... Read More
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*This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last!*

THE No. 1 BESTSELLING DARK ROMANTASY LEAVING READERS WORLDWIDE IN TEARS.

The unforgettable, devastating dark fantasy romance duet that has taken BookTok around the world by storm!

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This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last!

THE No. 1 BESTSELLING DARK ROMANTASY LEAVING READERS WORLDWIDE IN TEARS.

WED ME. BED ME. SLIT MY THROAT.

As the gravedigger’s daughter, Elara has seen more than her fair share of death from the plague ravaging her kingdom and threatening to claim her beloved brother. She will do anything to save him, including the one thing she’s told might end the curse: seduce the plague-stricken king and convince him to marry – then sacrifice – her.

Elara is swept away to the palace and soon discovers that King Kael, the beautiful nightmare she was sent to seduce, is not what he seems. Nor is Vale, the dangerously alluring steward who would be the architect of her demise. Caught between the cursed king and the man who may be even more dangerous, Elara is drawn into a web of deadly intrigue, forbidden desire, ruinous love, and shocking truths buried deeper than any grave.

WELCOME TO THE FUNERAL.

Lush, haunting, and emotionally devastating, the Heartstring Duet invites you into a kingdom steeped in secrets where nothing – not even death – is what it seems.

'Six stars. It is poetic and heart-wrenching and just perfect' @kalia.books

'If you want a dark romance to emotionally devastate you … read these books' @elitereading

Crown Me Dead is book one of two in the completed dark fantasy romance Heartstring Duet. The world contains deception, mystery, violence, dark elements, and mature content. What this book doesn’t contain is a hero (because villains do it better). You can find more detailed information at www.livzander.com.

Series: Heartstring Duet

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  • Crown Me Dead
    Pre-order
    Crown Me Dead
    This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last! THE No. 1 BESTSELLING DARK ROMANTASY LEAVING READERS WORLDWIDE IN TEARS. WED ME. BED ME. SLIT MY THROAT. As the gravedigger’s daughter, Elara has seen more than her fair share of death from the plague ravaging her kingdom and...
    By LIV Zander
    Hardback
    $3499
    Elsewhere:
    $4499
    Pre-order
    Out 2 Mar 2027
  • Crown Me Yours
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    Crown Me Yours
    This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers, and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last! Plus a bonus author Q&A! The unforgettable finale to the No. 1 bestselling duet that will wreck you, heal you, and haunt you. WED HIM. BED HIM. SLIT HIS THROAT. The kingdom still rots. The curse still spreads. And...
    By LIV Zander
    Hardback
    $3499
    Elsewhere:
    $4499
    Pre-order
    Out 2 Mar 2027
  • Crown Me Yours
    Crown Me Yours
    Wed him. Bed him. Slit his throat. I killed the king. Crowned myself in his blood, but the curse still festers. To break it, I need Death, on his knees, a ring on his finger, my blade at his throat. The god fights me to the grave, evades my touch, mocks my wanting. He would rather tear himself apart than...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
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  • Crown Me Dead
    Crown Me Dead
    Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat. Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me. When my brother coughs blood, he appears. A man too polished for the graveyard, with a bargain too cruel for the light: Seduce the King. Become the Queen. Die. And my brother lives. Kael is...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008861490

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 November 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: MoonFire

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 159.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 320

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Coming Soon in Fiction Dark Romance Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Horror & Supernatural LIV Zander Pre-order Books Pre-order Romantasy Pre-Order Science Fiction & Fantasy Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Romance Romantasy (Fantasy Romance) Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: Heartstring Duet

About the Author

Liv Zander has an unhealthy love for sexy villains. To cure herself of her poor choice in men, she's currently undergoing therapy, but who can afford that these days? To fund her co-pays, she's writing deliciously dark fantasy romance about the men who would burn the world to the ground for their women. Is that counter-productive? Probably, but it's also a lot of fun. When she's not joking around, she can be found procrastinating in her office with a mug of coffee or a glass of wine (depending on time of day and how miserable the writing is going). Oh, she also loves skulls. And ravens. And skulls.

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  • Feathers so Vicious
    More treacherous than war… are the battles within a heart. Perched between branches and shadows, We watch, we scheme, Fighting for a kingdom forgotten and forlorn. Until we rip her away with our claws, Our prisoner, our pawn, our plaything. She’s innocent and pure, Fragile and helpless… …but oh so guilty by blood. She calls us beasts, Wicked and evil,...
    By LIV Zander
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  • Shadows so Cruel
    More painful than love... are the secrets that bind and divide us.Adrift in a sky shadowed by war, We seek, we ache, Searching for the woman who fled us.We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers, Our sweetheart, our little dove, Escaping our talons on pure white wings.One of us soars over battlements, Haunted by past mistakes, Vowing never...
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  • Pre-order
    Crown Me Dead
    The unforgettable, devastating dark fantasy romance duet that has taken BookTok around the world by storm! (Heartstring Duet Book 1) Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat. Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me. When my brother coughs blood, he appears. A man too polished for the graveyard, with...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
    Pre-order
    Out 1 Dec 2026
  • Pre-order
    Crown Me Yours
    The unforgettable, devastating dark fantasy romance duet that has taken BookTok around the world by storm! (Heartstring Duet Book 2) Wed him. Bed him. Slit his throat. I killed the king. Crowned myself in his blood, but the curse still festers. To break it, I need Death, on his knees, a ring on his finger. My blade at his throat....
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
    Pre-order
    Out 1 Dec 2026
  • Crown Me Yours
    Pre-order
    Crown Me Yours
    This stunning Collectors Edition features a foil on board design, printed endpapers, and sprayed edge – only available while stocks last! Plus a bonus author Q&A! The unforgettable finale to the No. 1 bestselling duet that will wreck you, heal you, and haunt you. WED HIM. BED HIM. SLIT HIS THROAT. The kingdom still rots. The curse still spreads. And...
    By LIV Zander
    Hardback
    $3499
    Elsewhere:
    $4499
    Pre-order
    Out 2 Mar 2027
  • Crown Me Dead (Heartstring Duet #1)
    Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat. Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me. When my brother coughs blood, he appears. A man too polished for the graveyard, with a bargain too cruel for the light: Seduce the King. Become the Queen. Die. And my brother lives. Kael is...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Crown Me Yours (Heartstring Duet #2)
    The unforgettable, devastating dark fantasy romance duet that has taken BookTok around the world by storm! (Heartstring Duet Book 2) Wed him. Bed him. Slit his throat. I killed the king. Crowned myself in his blood, but the curse still festers. To break it, I need Death, on his knees, a ring on his finger. My blade at his throat....
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Crown Me Yours
    Crown Me Yours
    Wed him. Bed him. Slit his throat. I killed the king. Crowned myself in his blood, but the curse still festers. To break it, I need Death, on his knees, a ring on his finger, my blade at his throat. The god fights me to the grave, evades my touch, mocks my wanting. He would rather tear himself apart than...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Crown Me Dead
    Crown Me Dead
    Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat. Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me. When my brother coughs blood, he appears. A man too polished for the graveyard, with a bargain too cruel for the light: Seduce the King. Become the Queen. Die. And my brother lives. Kael is...
    By LIV Zander
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Shadows so Cruel
    By LIV Zander
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