Laura R. Samotin | Author-Reader Match: THE LURE OF THEIR GRAVES

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Laura R. Samotin!

Writes:

Laura R. Samotin’s dark romantasy is Six of Crows all grown up meets Captive Prince. The Cursed Crown duology starts with THE SINS ON THEIR BONES, which is the story of two ex-husbands on opposite sides of a civil war fighting over the same throne, with a very daring (and very handsome) spymaster caught in the crossfire.

About:

Laura R. Samotin and her spouse live with two enormously large felines. When she’s not pursuing her day job as a professor and her academic research on military tactics, power politics, and leadership, she relishes her role as a full-time cat servant.

My ideal reader for the Cursed Crown duology must love:

• Friends to lovers
• Lovers to enemies
• Hurt/comfort
• Mutual pining
• A shadow daddy villain POV
• Banter
• "There's only one throne"
• High heat
• Achillean romance
• Mental health rep
• Found family
• Queernorm world

What to expect if we're compatible:

If you become a fan, get ready for high stakes, high heat, high tension, and lots of catharsis at the end of it all. If we’re compatible, make sure to sign up for my newsletter or follow me on Instagram so you get updates on everything I have coming up next, including my dark academia novel THE WAY IT HAUNTED HIM.

THE LURE OF THEIR GRAVES by Laura R. Samotin

Cursed Crown #2

In the heart-wrenching sequel to The Sins on Their Bones, The Lure of Their Graves forces Dimitri and Vasily to confront old ghosts and a new threat: political enemies-turned-suitors, all coveting Dimitri’s throne and his hand in marriage.

Dimitri Abramovich may have won back the throne of Novo-Svitsevo, but even after defeating his former husband, the usurper Alexey Balakin, he seems no closer to securing lasting peace for his people. Enemies are closing in on all sides, and pressure is mounting for Dimitri to play the one card he has left in a bid for stability—offering his hand in marriage for a second time.

But Dimitri is still healing from the tragedies of the war, his return to the throne, and Alexey's years of torment. Vasily Sokolov is the only person with whom he feels safe, and giving up the comfort of their budding relationship feels unfathomable, even if it's the only way to sever the alliances being formed among the countries surrounding Novo-Svitsevo. So as Dimitri and Vasily reckon with political treachery, the lasting consequences of Dimitri's resurrection, and the sinister legacy of Alexey’s use of the Holy Science, they must also work to understand what it means to love each other even as they prepare to let each other go—which might prove the most difficult of all.  

Fantasy | LGBTQ [Random House Canada, On Sale: June 3, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 9781039007611 / eISBN: 9781039007635]

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About Laura R. Samotin

Laura R. Samotin and her spouse live with two enormously large felines. When she’s not pursuing her academic research on military tactics, power politics, and leadership, she relishes her role as a full-time cat servan

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