When Kings Bend

One bride is gone. He should be looking for who took her. He should be asking why she left. Amira was discarded. Diarmuid O'Sullivan told himself she'd be found, that a debt would be paid, that a King never forgets. He never considered that she might not want finding. Two brides remain. Niamh, who has learned that obedience is its own kind of weapon. Selene, who refuses to stop pulling at the thread of a dead woman nobody will name. Neither of them will stay behind a locked door while he hunts. The order that gave him his brides is calling in what it's owed, and Diarmuid's name is written in the ledger in red. Before it came to Dublin, his family ruled this city. He intends to take it back. But his brides are shining a light into every dark corner his enemies hide in — and the closer they come to the truth, the closer they come to him. Some Kings are monsters. They're about to find out what kind. When Kings Bend is book two of the O'Sullivan's Brides trilogy — a dark Irish mafia romance told through four points of view. Book one, When Kings Rise, should be read first. Tropes: arranged marriage · bride selection · morally grey hero · possessive alpha · woman scorned · secret society · multiple POV · high heat Content warnings: explicit sexual content including group scenes, dubious consent, graphic violence, drug use, murder, coercion and power imbalance. Ends on a cliffhanger. Duration - 6h 59m. Author - Vi Carter. Narrator - Scott Rose, Ava flynn, Maeve York, Scarlett Rose McCloughan,. Published Date - Sunday, 04 January 2026. Copyright - © 2025 Vi Carter ©.