Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Paperback)

Iris Winnow is barely holding her life together. Her brother has vanished while fighting in a god-led war, her mother is losing herself to drink, and Iris sees only one path to survival—secure the columnist role at the Oath Gazette and earn enough to keep her family from breaking further. Her only comfort is the letters she writes to her brother, slipping them through the crack beneath her wardrobe door with the fragile hope he might somehow see them.

But those letters never reach him. Instead, they find Roman Kitt, her rival at work. Roman is talented, distant and frustratingly brilliant. He should be the last person Iris opens her heart to, yet as he reads her words, a tender bond forms between them, unseen and unnamed. What begins as rivalry shifts into connection carried by magic neither understands.

The war worsens. Iris takes a job as a frontline reporter, chasing truth through smoke, hunger and loss. Roman follows soon after, driven by love he cannot voice. Together they step into battle with nothing but magic typewriters, ink-stained hands and feelings too sharp to ignore.

As gods rage and cities fall, their letters remain the thread that keeps them alive. Love becomes both weapon and refuge, and the question stands—can two souls bound by words endure a war shaped by divine power, or will it tear them apart?