Scarred and Claimed: The Heaven That Fell for Him (The Primal Claim Duet)

The primal, high-heat dark fantasy romance debut from River Thorn—perfect for fans of A Court of Mist and Fury, From Blood and Ash, and Rhapsodic—with a Western twist.In the Celestial Realm, pleasure is power—and purity is a lie.Maria was born under a cursed star—an exile among angelic beings sculpted of white and gold. Her black wings mark her as a mistake. A threat. A temptation. Reviled by the very Realm that birthed her, she is cast to Earth, where she roams in the shadows, healing in secret… until her wings betray her.And then—the hunt.Captured and bound for a fate worse than death, Maria’s only hope arrives in the unlikely form of a scarred cowboy with a haunted past.Eric Landon has spent his life brooding over whiskey—damaged, feared, and forged into a killer. But when he learns of the dark angel hunted as a beast, something fierce awakens in him. Something protective. Something primal.As the fires of passion ignite between them, enemies rise on both sides of the veil. From the mountains of Colorado to the gates of Heaven itself, monstrous forces—mortal and divine—will stop at nothing to rip them apart.But Eric already lost love once.And this time, he’ll rain hellfire down on Earth and Heaven to save her, protect her, claim her.𓆩✦𓆪Where not everything that looks holy is good…Where otherness isn’t monstrous…And where the true monsters are revealed—not by what’s on the surface, but by what lies beneath.------Content Warning:Scarred and Claimed contains explicit high-heat scenes, strong language, depictions of violence, and emotionally intense content. Recommended for mature readers. Reader discretion is advised.