Queen of the Shadow Woods

A marked girl hidden from the world.
An exiled prince driven from his throne.
A darkness they can’t outrun.

She swore never to let anyone into her Woods…or her heart.

Marked by forbidden magic, Caramyn survives in the only place no one else dares to go—deep within the Shadow Woods. Protected by the Shadows and known only as “the Witch,” she’s a hunted outcast in a kingdom where magic means death and secrets are survival. But the deadliest secret is the one she carries in her blood…and she’ll guard it with her life.

Prince Asterious is the king’s son, and a ruthless executioner of his father’s enemies. When he crosses into the Woods, and the Shadows fail to stop him, Caramyn must hide her identity and learn what he so desperately seeks within the Woods—so that she can kill him herself. But the more time she spends in his mysterious court, the more dark truths begin to unravel. And as the beastly curse Asterious swore he buried begins to reawaken, Caramyn realizes she’s not the only one with secrets in the shadows.

When dark powers shift to further divide the realm, and a new queen moves to claim the Shadows’ power for herself, Caramyn and Asterious find their fates hopelessly entwined. As trust becomes a weapon and love a liability, they must confront the truth of what they are—and decide whether they are each other’s salvation…or their ruin.