Peatbarrow

Peatbarrow by Sasha Leone is out now (published July 26, 2026).

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Peatbarrow Release Date: July 26, 2026

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The court doesn’t hang its condemned. It gives them to the dragon in the bog. No one Given has ever been seen again — until she wakes up alive.
Aisling Reedcombe cuts peat for a living, same as her mother before her, until a court inspector turns up dead on her cutting-ground and the Assize convicts her in a single afternoon. Peatbarrow calls the Committal a mercy: walked into the Fenmire at the next Turning and handed to the Barrow, so the dragon stays fed and docile. Aisling expects to die within the hour. Instead she wakes whole, unmarked, in a dry chamber deep in the Barrow — met by Sedgemourn, a dragon who hasn’t eaten a single soul in three generations, and a dozen other “Given” the whole court believes are long dead.

Cavan Brackwell, Warden of the Barrow, personally escorted her to the gate, the same way his father did before him — and the same way his father died “in service” the one season he started asking questions. What Cavan finds, ledger by ledger, once he lets himself look, is that the Barrow was never a prison for a hungry dragon. It’s a grave, kept whole by a grief three generations of a beloved Reeve’s line have used as the perfect cover for making anyone inconvenient disappear.

When Aisling is seen alive by the wrong person, Reeve Tarrant Wrackmoor doesn’t wait for a second Assize. He moves to finish what the Committal never actually did — permanently, this time, by his own hand. She and Cavan have exactly until the next Turning to bring the truth, and the living proof of it, up out of the dark together.

Perfect for readers who love captive romance, a hero who has to earn his heroine’s trust before he earns her heart, and a dragon who is a person, not a monster.

🔥 A captive romance with a hard consent rule: nothing happens until her sentence is formally voided, on the page
🐉 A dragon who’s been secretly saving the condemned for decades, not eating them
🌾 A hidden-power heroine who reads truth and lies in how cut peat and leather answer a claim
👑 A beloved Reeve whose solemn, respected rule hides three generations of disappearances
💍 Standalone romantasy with a full, satisfying HEA
Full-length romantasy (60,000+ words). Standalone love story with a satisfying HEA. Intended for readers 18+.

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Genre: Paranormal Romance

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