Ashley Poston acclaimed author of Heart of Iron returns with a dark lush fairy tale-inspired
fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya.
Here there are no droughts disease or famine and peace is everlasting. It has been this way
for hundreds of years since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest
that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered the woods grew dark cursed and forbidden.
Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young she barely escaped as the woods killed her
friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse-the magic-in her blood a
reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned however things long hidden
in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run her only companions a
small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It's up to her to
find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker
and more dangerous than she knows and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth
and roots of the forest it's going to take everything she has just to survive.
