A Ring for the Rival

Name: A Ring for the Rival
Author: Daph Percy
ISBN: 979-8-90771-002-3

An Arranged-Marriage Historical Romantic Suspense of Rival Spies

Every lie has a voice. His is the one she can't hear.

Varvara Berezina has heard every lie ever spoken in her father's house. She has never once been wrong. Then he marries her to a stranger, to seal a peace neither side actually wants, and hands her one order: listen, and report what you hear.

Boaz Harwick came north wearing the third of three names, sent to be a husband on paper and nothing more. He was never told his new wife can hear a lie in any voice on earth.

Except his.

On their wedding night a ship burns at the quay, and the marriage built to end a war turns out to be the weapon that started one. As the architect of the conspiracy closes in on both their houses, Varya and Boaz have one thing left to survive it with: the one voice neither of them can verify. Each other's.

She was sent to listen. He was built never to be heard. Neither of them expected to be chosen.

I will not cross a shut door without your word. Boaz

What you're getting

A heroine with a gift.She hears the lie in any voice.
A husband she cannot read.Quiet, watchful, protective.
Two spies, one marriage.Each is sent to watch the other.
A slow burn that waits for her yes.Open-door, consensual, asked for out loud.
An ending you can trust.Complete standalone. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.

Read this if you love

Arranged marriage
Marriage of convenience
Rival families and a treaty
A heroine who hears lies
An unreadable, quiet, protective husband
Enemies to lovers
Two spies married to each other
Forced proximity
Conspiracy and a traitor within
A shipping dynasty and a northern port
Consent-forward slow burn
Dual first-person POV
Guaranteed HEA

Content and heat. Dark historical romantic suspense for readers 18+. Explicit, consensual, open-door scenes, with the heroine setting the terms. On-page violence, arson, a controlling father and a conspiracy that endangers both families. A complete standalone with a happily-ever-after. The full content note is in the front matter of the book.