Faerie Bound I

City of Crooked Vows

Six of Crows meets Scottish fae in this enemies to lovers fantasy romance in which a ruthless criminal enforcer and the upright guard who arrests her must solve a murder—or be the next to die.

A heart-pounding, vividly realised gaslamp world of Scottish fae. The characters pulled me into their shadowy, high-stakes magical underworld, and I am INVESTED in this romance.

—AJ Lancaster

Author of The Lord of Stariel

I didn't know how much I needed fae in kilts until I read City of Crooked Vows! With a deliciously tormented hero, a survivor heroine you can't help but root for, and a twisty web of murder mystery and intrigue, this is a gritty gaslamp romance I inhaled from start to finish.

—Lisette Marshall

Author of Court of Blood and Bindings and The Death-Made Prince

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Rowan MacKay was raised on a diet of fantasy novels and Scottish castles, leading to a lifelong enthusiasm for all things old and enchanted, so it’s little surprise she ended up writing gaslamp fantasy romance.

She writes angsty, enemies-to-lovers books about stabby women and the tormented men who accidentally fall in love with them. Her stories blend historical inspiration with fantasy to create immersive settings filled with high-stakes political intrigue and dangerous fae courts.

When she’s not writing, Rowan channels her passion for history and magic into sewing Victorian skirts and witchy capes, all the better to maunder around the moors pretending she’s just stepped out of Faerie.