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A Monsoon Rising
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2024-12-10
- Rating
- ★ 4.2 · 35 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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A politically arranged marriage between two sworn enemies from rival nations—the Shadowforged Legion's master and a Lightweaver empress—forces them into close quarters where rivalry steadily thaws into romance. As court conspirators plot to overthrow the new husband, the heroine plays a careful double game while a prophesied cataclysmic event can only be halted by the unique merging of their opposing powers, pulling the couple ever closer even as divided loyalties and a sinister father-in-law threaten everything.
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Book 2 of 3 in The Hurricane Wars — see the full reading order →
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- Enemies to Lovers: “prepare for more enemies-to-lovers romance” source
- Arranged Marriage: “thrust into an alliance between their homelands that was supposed to end the fighting; however, being married to their sworn foe” source
- Forced Proximity: “the longer the couple are forced together, the harder it becomes to deny the feelings crackling like lightning between them” source
- Court Intrigue: “Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign” source
- Slow Burn: “the longer the couple are forced together, the harder it becomes to deny the feelings crackling like lightning between them” source
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Edition publication 2026-01-06
Reading order Sequel to The Hurricane Wars
HarperCollins · ISBN 9780063277311 · US
follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, The Hurricane WarsRead the original source
Series The Hurricane Wars
Trope enemies to lovers
Trope arranged marriage
HarperCollins · ISBN 9780063277311 · US
Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands that was supposed to end the fighting; however, being married to their sworn foe feels far from peaceful.Read the original source
