The Foxglove King

In this lush,romantic epic fantasy series from a New York Times bestselling authora young woman’s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court. When Lore was thirteenshe escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years sinceshe’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. Easier said than donewhen her death magic ties her to the city. Mortemthe magic born from deathis a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaireand Lore’s job running poisons keeps her in foodshelterand relative security. But when a run goes wrong and Lore’s power is revealedshe’s taken by the Presque Morta group of warrior-monks sanctioned to use Mortem working for the Sainted King. Lore fully expects a pyrebut King August has a different plan. Entire villages on the outskirts of the country have been dying overnightseemingly at random. Lore can either use her magic to find out what’s happening and who in the King’s court is responsibleor die. Lore is thrust into the Sainted King’s glittering courtwhere no one can be believed and even fewer can be trusted. Guarded by Gabriela duke-turned-monkand continually running up against BastianAugust’s ne’er-do-well heirLore tangles in politicsreligionand forbidden romance as she attempts to navigate a debauched and opulent society. But the life she left behind in the catacombs is catching up with her. And even as Lore makes her way through the Sainted court abovethey might be drawing closer than she thinks.