
The Sun Blessed Prince
Book One of A Tale of Two Crowns Duology
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Pre-order for $17.96
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Joe Jameson
-
Lindsey Byrd
-
By:
-
Lindsey Byrd
About this listen
A battle-weary prince meets a reluctant assassin. But could their bond end their war?
SEPARATED BY WAR, UNITED BY FATE...
Prince Elician is a Giver. He can heal any wound and bring the dead back to life. He also can’t be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war.
Reapers can kill with a single touch. When one attacks Prince Elician near a hotly contested battlefield, but fails, the Reaper expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers him a chance at a new life and a new name on enemy territory. Cat, as Elician calls him, hadn’t realized he could ever find something, or someone, to make life worth living—until the prince. Yet Elician is unaware that his enemy plans to turn his kindness against him until danger engulfs him in turn.
As the pieces of a deadly plot come together, featuring abduction, treachery and forbidden magic, tensions escalate at court and on the battlefield. The fires of conflict burst into new flame—but can those who wield the powers of life and death find peace?
©2025 Lindsey Byrd (P)2025 Random House CanadaCritic reviews
"[A] rip-roaring queer romantic fantasy. The delicious romance and thorny court intrigue keep the pages turning, and a clever late plot twist shocks. This hits all the right notes."—Publishers Weekly starred review
"Bask in the rays of The Sun Blessed Prince, an ambitious and compelling tale of deadly court intrigue and star-crossed lovers. Thoughtful mythology and an unusually gentle queer love story set this book apart. It's a stellar start to a promising series."—Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
- By: E.M. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Sweeney-Bear
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After over two hundred years, Peter Shaughnessy is ready to die and end this cycle. But thanks to a youthful encounter with one o’ them folk in his native Ireland, he can’t. Instead, he’s cursed to wander eternally far from home, with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants. Immortality means Peter has lost everyone he’s ever loved. And so he centers his life on the dead—until his wandering brings him to Harrington, Ohio. As he searches for a vengeful spirit, Peter’s drawn into the townsfolk’s lives, homes and troubles.
-
-
Soft and sweet and heartbreaking
- By Jesycka on 04-18-25
By: E.M. Anderson
-
Six Wild Crowns
- By: Holly Race
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Holly Race
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From a major new voice in epic fantasy, Six Wild Crowns is a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before.
By: Holly Race
-
Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
By: Mira Grant
-
Betrothed to the Emperor
- Emperor's Assassin, Book 1
- By: Kai Butler
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I was born to kill the emperor, but first, I must marry him. I trained as an assassin while my twin sister trained to be the empress. My life will be forfeit once I murder the most powerful man on the continent, but I have no choice. If I fail, the Imperium will consume our nation and anyone who rises against them. Too soon, we walk into the glittering imperial court, each step taking us closer to the dangerous man on the black throne, my sister’s future husband, the newly crowned Emperor of the Southern Imperium.
-
-
Intrigue, action, and spice!
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-25
By: Kai Butler
-
Daughter of Tides
- Born to Sea and Storm, Book 1
- By: Kit Rocha
- Narrated by: Shane East, Avery Caris, Tim Campbell, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Aleksi, the charming and charismatic god of love, is dying. But nothing can stop the Lover from completing his final quest: a dangerous diplomatic visit to a former adversary. Setting sail for a mystical kingdom of ice, Aleksi is joined by Einar the Kraken, infamous pirate lord, and Naia, a sweet young water nymph. Intoxicated by the pair’s electric connection, Aleksi vows to enjoy his last days by playing matchmaker, pushing away his own desires for the sake of theirs. But he’s unexpectedly caught up in a raging game of seduction.
By: Kit Rocha
-
Blood Beneath the Snow
- By: Alexandra Kennington
- Narrated by: Ellie Gossage
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Revna is no stranger to struggle. As the only member of the royal family without a magical ability, she is seen as an embarrassing mistake by her kingdom and a blight on her bloodline. Luckily, Revna has found family in other outcasts in her kingdom. But when her two closest friends’ lives are put in danger, she is determined to save them by any means necessary, no matter the cost. The Bloodshed Trials—a competition where the last sibling in the royal family standing takes the throne—might just be the ultimate price.
-
-
Great listen for romantasy lovers!
- By Katie on 03-22-25
-
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
- By: E.M. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Sweeney-Bear
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After over two hundred years, Peter Shaughnessy is ready to die and end this cycle. But thanks to a youthful encounter with one o’ them folk in his native Ireland, he can’t. Instead, he’s cursed to wander eternally far from home, with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants. Immortality means Peter has lost everyone he’s ever loved. And so he centers his life on the dead—until his wandering brings him to Harrington, Ohio. As he searches for a vengeful spirit, Peter’s drawn into the townsfolk’s lives, homes and troubles.
-
-
Soft and sweet and heartbreaking
- By Jesycka on 04-18-25
By: E.M. Anderson
-
Six Wild Crowns
- By: Holly Race
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Holly Race
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From a major new voice in epic fantasy, Six Wild Crowns is a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before.
By: Holly Race
-
Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
By: Mira Grant
-
Betrothed to the Emperor
- Emperor's Assassin, Book 1
- By: Kai Butler
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I was born to kill the emperor, but first, I must marry him. I trained as an assassin while my twin sister trained to be the empress. My life will be forfeit once I murder the most powerful man on the continent, but I have no choice. If I fail, the Imperium will consume our nation and anyone who rises against them. Too soon, we walk into the glittering imperial court, each step taking us closer to the dangerous man on the black throne, my sister’s future husband, the newly crowned Emperor of the Southern Imperium.
-
-
Intrigue, action, and spice!
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-25
By: Kai Butler
-
Daughter of Tides
- Born to Sea and Storm, Book 1
- By: Kit Rocha
- Narrated by: Shane East, Avery Caris, Tim Campbell, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Aleksi, the charming and charismatic god of love, is dying. But nothing can stop the Lover from completing his final quest: a dangerous diplomatic visit to a former adversary. Setting sail for a mystical kingdom of ice, Aleksi is joined by Einar the Kraken, infamous pirate lord, and Naia, a sweet young water nymph. Intoxicated by the pair’s electric connection, Aleksi vows to enjoy his last days by playing matchmaker, pushing away his own desires for the sake of theirs. But he’s unexpectedly caught up in a raging game of seduction.
By: Kit Rocha
-
Blood Beneath the Snow
- By: Alexandra Kennington
- Narrated by: Ellie Gossage
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Revna is no stranger to struggle. As the only member of the royal family without a magical ability, she is seen as an embarrassing mistake by her kingdom and a blight on her bloodline. Luckily, Revna has found family in other outcasts in her kingdom. But when her two closest friends’ lives are put in danger, she is determined to save them by any means necessary, no matter the cost. The Bloodshed Trials—a competition where the last sibling in the royal family standing takes the throne—might just be the ultimate price.
-
-
Great listen for romantasy lovers!
- By Katie on 03-22-25
-
The Incandescent
- By: Emily Tesh
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Walden is good at her job—no, Walden is great at her job. But demons are masters of manipulation. It’s her responsibility to keep her school with its six hundred students and centuries-old legacy safe. And it’s possible the entity Walden most needs to keep her school safe from—is herself.
By: Emily Tesh
-
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
- By: V. E. Schwab
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Katie Leung, Marisa Calin
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.
By: V. E. Schwab
-
Scorched Skies
- Way of Wings, Book 1
- By: E.J. Mellow
- Narrated by: Dominique Salvacion, Andre Santana
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the divided world of Cādra, where the winged Volari rule over the earthbound Süra, Tanwen has never relished her life of secrecy, but hiding is her only means of survival. As the child of a forbidden union, her very existence is punishable by death. As the Crown Prince, Zolya is forced to fulfill his father’s every whim. Acting on orders, he captures Tanwen’s father and brother, whisking them away to his kingdom in the sky. Determined to save her family, Tanwen infiltrates the royal court disguised as a servant.
By: E.J. Mellow
-
A Steep and Savage Path
- By: JJA Harwood
- Narrated by: Rosalind Lailey
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Irina is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the Dead: a desperate ritual designed to lay the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village to rest. Irina’s beloved sister’s soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back – but Irina would need a guide, one who can walk between the living and the dead.
By: JJA Harwood
-
The Forbidden Alchemy
- By: Stacey McEwan
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Joshua Riley
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are twelve years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to discover their magical potential. Those who pass Belavere’s test will become Artisans, wielders of powerful elemental magic. For Nina, the Artisan School symbolizes a dream and an escape from her harsh reality, while Patrick yearns to return to his Craftsman family, whose extraordinary physical strength serves the idium mines keeping the city alive. And then they uncover a devastating truth: Artisans aren’t born, they’re chosen.
By: Stacey McEwan
-
What the River Knows
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Ibañez
- Narrated by: Ahmed Hamad, Ana Osorio
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind.
-
-
Terrible pacing.
- By Petra on 06-02-24
By: Isabel Ibañez