Between Two Suns by Bianca Vale

Elia has spent the last decade trapped in a desert labor camp, forced to hunt ancient magical relics to repay her parents’ debt. Isolated and alone, she clings to the hope that one day she might reunite with her family and finally find somewhere she belongs.

Callum, the King’s Hunter, swore long ago never to belong to anyone again. Ever since Rafe, the man he loved, walked out of his life five years earlier, Callum has buried his grief beneath duty and blind loyalty to the crown. But when the future of the kingdom depends on finding a powerful relic, he is forced to seek out Elia, the one person capable of helping him.

As they journey together, Elia’s quiet longing for connection begins to crack through Callum’s guarded heart, forging an unexpected and intimate bond between them. In Callum, Elia finds the comfort and safety she has always craved. In Elia, Callum rediscovers the innocence and hope that he thought he lost.

But love is rarely simple.

When Callum’s past collides with the future he’s begun to imagine, old wounds and buried truths rise to the surface, challenging everything Elia thought she knew. As Callum is forced to confront the pieces of his past, Elia must decide whether her love can endure the uncertainty, or if she is willing to walk away from the only person who’s felt like home.

In a kingdom that demands loyalty above all else, love may be the only thing capable of undoing them all.