Star Touched: Fae Bound Books in Order

Star Touched: Fae Bound is a romantasy series that begins with a death and three impossible trials. Sapphire Hayes feels trapped in her quiet Maine town, stuck in a stagnant relationship and working at a bar where her drinks seem to soothe people a little too well for comfort.

After she turns down a public proposal under a meteor shower and storms off into the woods, Sapphire drinks from a stream to calm down and wakes up staring at her own dead body. She’s been dragged into the Winter Court of the fae, where a lethal prince named Riven Draevor accuses her of being a summer fae spy.

The Winter King orders her execution, but Riven offers an alternative: if Sapphire survives three magical trials designed to break both her body and spirit, she can win her freedom. Failure means death. That bargain throws her into a world of ice palaces, cruel politics, and ancient magical laws where every promise has a price.

As the series unfolds, Sapphire learns that she is much more than a misplaced human. Her magic is tied to summer, starlight, and something older than either court wants to admit. Best friend Zoey is pulled into the fae realm as well, winding up in the Night Court, where a bloodthirsty prince named Aerix treats humans like collectibles and blurs the line between captor and partner.

The scope widens from survival in the Winter Court to a looming war among Winter, Summer, and Night. Sapphire and Zoey become pawns and then major players in a conflict involving vengeful gods, cursed artifacts, and cosmic realms like the Cosmic Tides, where fate itself can be rewritten. Political marriages, mate bonds, and goddess‑driven prophecies complicate every relationship.

Fae Bound leans hard into enemies‑to‑lovers tension, intense chemistry, and the kind of bargains where every loophole matters. At the same time, it gives space to female friendship, trauma, and the question of how far someone should go to save a world that keeps trying to break them.

If you enjoy courtly intrigue, deadly trials, slow‑burn yet high‑intensity romance, and fae stories with a cosmic twist, this series offers a long, immersive ride through the darker edge of the fae realm.