Divine Rivals By Rebecca Ross (paperback)

Iris Winnow wants her words to matter. At eighteen, she’s earned a coveted spot at the Oath Gazette, even as a brutal war between gods tears the world apart. But while she fights for her future, her home life is crumbling—her brother is missing at the front, her mother is drowning in addiction, and the letters Iris writes each night feel like the only place she can breathe. Letters she believes no one will ever read.

Until someone does.

Roman Kitt, her infuriating rival at the paper, somehow becomes the anonymous voice writing back. Through a strange magic neither of them understands, their letters cross the divide between them, forging a bond deeper than either expects.

As the war escalates and loyalties are tested, Iris and Roman are drawn together by ink, fate, and a connection powerful enough to defy gods themselves. No creature, no conflict, no divine force can sever what they’ve begun.