The Veiled Kingdom

Written by bestselling romantasy author Holly Renee, The Veiled Kingdom (2024) is the first book in the series of the same name and follows Nyra, the daughter of a tyrannical king, as she escapes her father’s clutches and falls in with rebels who are unaware of her identity. Confronted with the moral ambiguities of rebellion and enamored of the rebel leader’s son, Nyra must decide whether to join forces with the rebels or choose a different path in her attempts to resist her father’s regime.

Holly Renee is a USA Today bestselling author in contemporary romance. To date, she has written 19 novels, and her series include The Veiled Kingdom, Stars and Shadows, Good Girls, Rock Bottom, and The Boys of Clermont Bay. Renee’s novels often employ popular conventions of the romance genre, such as the enemies-to-lovers and forbidden romance tropes, both of which play a major role in The Veiled Kingdom. This first novel in the series is followed by The Hunted Heir, and the third installment, The Rivaled Crown, is forthcoming.

This guide refers to the 2024 Kindle e-book edition.

Content Warning: Both the source text and this guide contain descriptions of violence, murder, torture, abuse, child loss, dubious consent, and sexual assault.