She rode into the tournament disguised as a man.
She rode out with a rival's obsession... and a villain's claim.
1525 Wales. Lady Britomart Scudamore becomes Sir Winmar-a ruthless knight fighting for gold, survival, and the right to exist in a world that was never meant to let women win.
Then she unhorses the undefeated champion of Europe: Sir Artegall of Andalus.
And Artegall thinks Winmar is a teenage boy... which should make him safe-until it makes him dangerous.
Full description1525 Wales. With her family's fortunes collapsing, Lady Britomart Scudamore makes a choice no woman is allowed to make: she cuts her hair, binds her body, and rides into Europe's blood-soaked tournament circuit disguised as a man.
As Sir Winmar, she wins gold, victory, and a reputation sharp enough to draw the gaze of kings.
But everything changes when she defeats the undefeated champion sweeping across Great Britain-
Sir Artegall of Andalus, the Moorish knight who has conquered tournaments from Spain across the continent, flawless in skill and feared by every man who calls himself a warrior.
Britomart expects revenge.
Instead, Artegall becomes obsessed.
He believes Winmar is a teenage boy fighting for an impoverished lord... and the confusion it stirs inside him turns rivalry into fixation-an unrelenting hunger he can't name, can't confess, and cannot release.
Then Britomart draws the attention of something far worse.
Lord Busirane of Thornhallow doesn't want her title.
He doesn't want her gold.
He wants her.
Taken into Thornhallow's corrupt court of silk, shadow, and coercive enchantment, Britomart discovers magic that can bend loyalty, manufacture desire, and weaponize love itself. One broken-hearted mistake binds her fate to an enchanted token-and the deeper the spell sinks, the more Britomart learns an unforgiving truth:
Magic doesn't care what you want.
It cares what you crave.
And the only man with the power to reach her now is the one man she can't afford to trust-
Artegall: her rival, her equal... and the knight who will burn the world to claim what he believes is his.
Because in this world, love isn't safe.
It's leverage.
And everyone wants to own what Britomart has become.
BRITOMART is a dark gothic romantasy featuring a warrior heroine, court corruption, tournament rivals-to-lovers tension, and an interracial romance with high heat and high stakes.
Tropes & themes:
Dark romantasy / gothic fantasy romance
disguised-as-a-knight heroine
tournament / sword & sorcery
rivals-to-lovers
obsessed champion MMC
villain obsession
captivity / coercive magic
jealousy + protective devotion
rescue & revenge
gothic court corruption
morally grey choices
interracial romance
bisexual heroine / queer romantasy elements
