A Legacy of Stars by Sheila Masterson

The war is over but the godly games continue.

Stella McKay has only ever wanted one thing: an epic romance like her parents have. She was raised on fairy tales and thinks she’s finally found her own legendary love with Prince Arden.
But when her prince is unexpectedly betrothed to someone else, Stella and Arden must seek out the goddess of love in the desperate hope she’ll grant them a coveted heart bond. Instead, the mischievous deity links Stella to the last person she’d ever want an intimate emotional connection with: Teddy Savero.
The only way to break the bond and reclaim her true love is to win the Gauntlet Games and secure a favor from the gods. The brutal tournament will test Stella in feats of wisdom, memory, and magic. But the greater threat to her happily ever after comes when Teddy enters as a contender.
With rebel assassins lurking, her opponents out for blood, and her new heart bond proving to be a perilous liability, Stella must outwit both gods and men before her competitors claim the winning favor—or her life.

A LEGACY OF STARS is a standalone next generation spinoff from The Lost God Series and can be read alone or as a follow up to the series. This spicy romance-forward romantasy features a deadly magical tournament, a rising political rebellion, complex sibling relationships, wound-tending, extremely reluctant allies to lovers, and a heart bond gone wrong.