Arden Neris
Arden Neris writes winter-bound romantasy about promises that cost something and love that has to be chosen carefully. Her stories unfold in cold courts where power hides in words, glances, and silences, and where a woman survives not by force but by attention. Romance burns slowly, built on trust and restraint, in worlds where one careless vow can change everything.
Books & What’s Next
Books
Out Now:
A Bargain of Winter and Wyrd
Frostbound Court — Book One
A mortal librarianElowen Thorne enters Winter to break a debt bound in law, not legend. What follows is a negotiation of power, consent, and survival—where every promise leaves a mark, and love must be chosen carefully.
Coming Soon:
A Night of Gilded Frost
Frostbound Court — novella
The Winter Court’s grand masquerade promises one harmless night of revelry. Lies. Elowen Thorne and Prince Cael are drawn into a game of favors where secrets buy survival and masks cut deeper than blades. A single bargain could save Elowen’s brother—or ruin the fragile trust between them. Gilded halls, whispered contracts, and a kiss that risks the Wyrd itself.
Forthcoming:
A Crown of Thorns and Thaw
Frostbound Court — Book Two
The treaty fractures, the crown bleeds, and winter finally breaks. Elowen and Cael stand between a kingdom and war: his thorned crown feeds on the curse that’s killing him, while her scholarship may unmask a vow the court hid in ice. In a game of assassins, statecraft, and dangerous desire, trust is the sharpest magic. When thaw comes, one truth will decide everything—who rules, who lives, and whether love survives the cost.
What’s Next
Arden Neris continues the Frostbound Court series with a steady release rhythm: two novels and one novella per year. The story widens beyond the Winter Court, drawing new rivals into the circle and raising the stakes around vows, power, and memory—each book adding pressure to the choices already made.
Background
Before publishing romantasy, Arden worked in rights and contracts for small presses, where she learned how promises become power on paper. She still collects old atlases and folklore notes, and builds her worlds from maps, margins, and the kinds of clauses that can save—or ruin—a crown.