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Daggermouth (The Heart Duology) by H. M. Wolfe

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This deluxe hardcover edition features gorgeous sprayed stenciled edges while supplies last, stunning endpaper art of the Heart and the Boundary, and a never-before-seen bonus story from Callum and Lira’s POVs!

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

Set in a corrupt surveillance state ruled by the masked elite, this true enemies-to-lovers dystopian romance that’s Conform meets V for Vendetta follows a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son and ends up forced to marry him.

In the surveillance state of New Found Haven, love outside your ring is a death sentence — and Shadera Kael has just been ordered to marry the man she was sent to kill.

A mercenary with nothing left to lose, Shadera botches the assassination of Greyson Serel, heir to the ruling family, and finds herself bound to him in a marriage neither of them wants. What begins as a political trap tightens into something neither can control, as corruption spreads through the ruling elite and a revolution gathers in the shadows.

H. M. Wolfe’s Daggermouth is the first installment in the Heart Duology, an enemies-to-lovers romance with dystopian bite. Readers drawn to morally gray leads and slow-burn tension will find plenty to sink into as Shadera and Greyson fight for survival — and for each other.

This deluxe hardcover edition features gorgeous sprayed stenciled edges while supplies last, stunning endpaper art of the Heart and the Boundary, and a never-before-seen bonus story from Callum and Lira’s POVs!

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

Set in a corrupt surveillance state ruled by the masked elite, this true enemies-to-lovers dystopian romance that’s Conform meets V for Vendetta follows a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son and ends up forced to marry him.

In the surveillance state of New Found Haven, love outside your ring is a death sentence — and Shadera Kael has just been ordered to marry the man she was sent to kill.

A mercenary with nothing left to lose, Shadera botches the assassination of Greyson Serel, heir to the ruling family, and finds herself bound to him in a marriage neither of them wants. What begins as a political trap tightens into something neither can control, as corruption spreads through the ruling elite and a revolution gathers in the shadows.

H. M. Wolfe’s Daggermouth is the first installment in the Heart Duology, an enemies-to-lovers romance with dystopian bite. Readers drawn to morally gray leads and slow-burn tension will find plenty to sink into as Shadera and Greyson fight for survival — and for each other.

  • Publisher: Scarlett Press (Simon & Schuster)

    Title: Daggermouth

    Author: H. M. Wolfe

    On Sale Date: July 28, 2026

    ISBN 13: 9798347122363

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $34.00

    BISAC: Fiction / Dystopian; Fiction / Romance / Science Fiction

    Page Count: 544

  • H. M. Wolfe writes from central Florida, where she lives with her husband and three dogs, crafting romances that blend fantasy with real emotional stakes. Daggermouth is the first book in her Heart Duology, and it carries her signature mix of hard-won heroines and worlds built to test them. Off the page, Wolfe is an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness, and it shows in characters who are messy, flawed, and never simply good or bad.

  • Critics and fellow bestselling authors are calling it gripping, addictive, and unforgettable:

    • “Daggermouth had me in a chokehold! Impossible stakes, sizzling writing, and plot twists you’ll never see coming.” — Sable Sorensen, USA Today bestselling author of Dire Bound

    • “Wolfe absolutely did not come to play here.” — Esmay Rosalyne, Grimdark Magazine

    • “I flew through this. The writing is addictive.” — Caitlin Lloyd, FanFiAddict

    • “It’s the dystopian romance I’ve been waiting for, and perhaps my favorite book of the year.” — Kim Hall, Burner Kindle

This book is for you if

  • You love enemies-to-lovers romance where the stakes are as high as the tension.

  • You want political intrigue set inside a regime that's rotting from the inside out.

  • You're here for morally gray characters who trust no one, least of all each other.

  • You like your assassins forced into inconvenient marriages with the people they were sent to kill.

  • You're ready to start a duology that opens with betrayal and doesn't slow down.

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