Grenade (Tarnished Crowns Trilogy #2) | Annie Dyer

I was trained to follow orders.
Now I only follow her.

Blair isn’t just Scotland’s princess anymore.
She’s the heir. The future queen. And every power in Europe either wants her on a leash—or off the board completely.

She’s navigating a crown still soaked in her brother’s blood, holding a country together while the old world claws to reclaim control. Parliament is fractured. The streets are restless. And the palace is far from safe.

I should be focused on her protection. But all I can think about is her mouth, her strength, the way she looks at me like I’m the only thing anchoring her to the ground.

I’ve loved her since we were kids.
Now she’s mine again—but we’re not alone.

Isaac Hale is still here. Still whispering in her ear. Still watching me like he knows I want to kill him and kiss him in the same breath.

He’s dangerous. Brilliant. And somehow, part of this twisted thing the three of us can’t seem to escape.

Our connection is volatile—desire, devotion, and something darker binding us together. We’re hiding it from the world, but inside these walls, it’s the only truth that matters.

But nothing this fragile survives the spotlight.
And when a leak inside the palace threatens to ignite a national scandal, I have to ask: am I protecting the woman I love… or destroying her?

Grenade is Book Two in the Tarnished Crowns trilogy: an MMF royal dark romance set in an independent Scotland. It features bodyguard romance, enemies to lovers, heightened political danger, forbidden desire, and a love triangle that’s starting to feel like something else entirely.