A Blade for the Forest Prince

She entered his court to steal his life. He may be the first man dangerous enough to steal her heart.

To the sentient forest of Nareth, Melisende Arquen is a ghost.

To Prince Leofric Edevane, she is merely a quiet noblewoman with watchful eyes and hands that never tremble.

Beneath her carefully constructed disguise, she is the surviving princess of a fallen dynasty and an assassin trained for one purpose: kill the prince before his coronation binds him permanently to the land.

Melisende's forbidden magic, the Quieting, allows her to silence her pulse, suppress her emotions, and pass unseen beneath the forest's ancient awareness. It should make Leofric an easy target.

But the prince already knows a killer has entered the Greenstone Court.

He can feel the unnatural void moving through his kingdom, and every warning leads him back to the mysterious woman who watches him as though memorizing where to place the blade. Rather than expose her, Leofric draws Melisende closer, determined to uncover her secrets before she discovers his.

Their dangerous game soon becomes something neither of them can control.

Every private confrontation sharpens their attraction. Every shared truth makes betrayal more intimate. And the closer Melisende comes to completing her mission, the more she questions whether Leofric destroyed her family or has been marked for death by the same lies that forged her into a weapon.

When another assassin arrives to finish what she has begun, Melisende must make an impossible choice. Obey the man who raised her and preserve the last hope of House Arquen, or protect the prince whose death could restore everything she lost.

Because killing Leofric may save her people.

Loving him could cost her the only identity she has ever known.

Perfect for readers who crave assassin heroines, hidden royalty, court enemies to lovers, dangerous magic, forbidden attraction, and protective princes who fall for the women sent to destroy them.