n a city where every life is bound by unbreakable vows, obedience isn’t a choice—it’s survival.
Ealasaid spent years enforcing the system, recording lives as they were quietly erased. She believed in the rules. In the order. In the lie that no one could refuse.
Until she found the one line of text the Houses buried:
Consent can be withdrawn.
Now people are choosing to break their vows—and many are dying for it.
Hunted by the Houses and haunted by the names she’s already lost, Ealasaid joins a fragile underground network fighting to turn refusal into something survivable. With Cailean, who’s spent his life inside the system’s highest ranks, and Iomhar, a former enforcer learning how to disobey his own body, she begins to rewrite what freedom could mean.
But the truth is dangerous.
The more they learn, the clearer it becomes: breaking a vow isn’t just rebellion—it’s a risk no one fully understands. And when the Houses drag their work into the open, Ealasaid will have to stand in front of the very system she once served and prove that choice is worth the cost.
Even if it kills her.
Because every refusal leaves a mark.
And some marks don’t fade.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In a city ruled by ancient Houses, every citizen is expected to surrender a piece of themselves to the Codex. A completed Vow promises order, protection and certainty. Refusal is treated as a dangerous flaw. Elspeth has lived for ten years with the unfinished mark the Codex left above her heart. She survives as a quiet copyist, careful to keep her failure invisible. But when a young woman's binding begins to leak and a healer places a forbidden note in Elspeth's hands, she is drawn towards Article Nineteen, a clause erased from every public copy of the Law. With the sharp-tongued Torin, the watchful enforcer Innes and the uncompromising healer Ailsa, Elspeth uncovers a system built not only on magic, but on records altered, consent ignored and people made to disappear. Each discovery forces her to choose between safety and witness. House Of Vows: Refusal Is A Rebellion is a dark fantasy romance about bodily autonomy, institutional power, grief, resistance and the slow work of building a freer world. The revolution does not end when the spell breaks. It begins when people learn to keep the opening alive. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798265388544
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. n a city where every life is bound by unbreakable vows, obedience isn't a choice-it's survival.Ealasaid spent years enforcing the system, recording lives as they were quietly erased. She believed in the rules. In the order. In the lie that no one could refuse.Until she found the one line of text the Houses buried: Consent can be withdrawn.Now people are choosing to break their vows-and many are dying for it.Hunted by the Houses and haunted by the names she's already lost, Ealasaid joins a fragile underground network fighting to turn refusal into something survivable. With Cailean, who's spent his life inside the system's highest ranks, and Iomhar, a former enforcer learning how to disobey his own body, she begins to rewrite what freedom could mean.But the truth is dangerous.The more they learn, the clearer it becomes: breaking a vow isn't just rebellion-it's a risk no one fully understands. And when the Houses drag their work into the open, Ealasaid will have to stand in front of the very system she once served and prove that choice is worth the cost.Even if it kills her.Because every refusal leaves a mark.And some marks don't fade. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798265388544
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In a city where every life is bound by unbreakable Vows, obedience is treated as survival. Elspeth has spent years enforcing the system and recording the lives it quietly erases. She believes in the rules, the order, and the lie that nobody can refuse. Until she finds the line of text the Houses buried: consent can be withdrawn. Now people are choosing to break their Vows, and many are dying for it. Hunted by the Houses and haunted by the names she has already lost, Elspeth joins a fragile underground network trying to make refusal survivable. With Cailean, who has spent his life inside the system's highest ranks, and Iomhar, a former enforcer learning to disobey his own body, she begins to rewrite what freedom could mean. But the truth is dangerous. Breaking a Vow is not simple liberation; it is a risk no one fully understands. When the Houses drag their work into the open, Elspeth must stand before the system she once served and prove that choice is worth the cost. House of Vows is a dark speculative fantasy about consent, bodily autonomy, institutional power, grief, and the people who build a resistance one refusal at a time. Seller Inventory # 9798265388544