The Hollow Crown: A deliciously dark gothic romantasy (The Dragon's Crown) by Grace Yarrow

The paperback has a stunning full color purple border inside. The Hollow Crown is the first book in this darkly delicious gothic romantasy trilogy, The Dragon’s Crown—where love is a weapon, and the crown always draws blood. Some gardens grow flowers. Others grow graves. When Lenore Ashworth receives a mysterious invitation written in living silver ink, she sees it as salvation from her uncle's grudging charity and her mother's recent death. The position at crumbling Eldermere Castle promises the botanist rare specimens, generous compensation, and blissful solitude. She doesn't expect the castle to dress her, feed her, or rearrange itself for her comfort. She doesn't expect roses that sing in moonlight or portraits that weep real tears. And she certainly doesn't expect the mysterious duke, Thorne Ravenscroft, devastatingly handsome, heartbreakingly cursed, and bound to witness an endless cycle of brilliant women who arrive seeking knowledge... only to become something else. Read more