The Foxglove King

Lore fled a cult in the Dellaire catacombs when she was thirteen years old. She had followed one rule her whole life: don't let them discover you—during the next 10 years. Given that her death magic binds her to the city, this is easier said than done.

In Dellaire, mortem—magic derived from death—is an expensive and illegal commodity. Lore's work distributing poisons provides her with food, housing, and a semblance of security. However, Lore is abducted by the Presque Mort, a band of warrior-monks authorized to employ Mortem while serving the Sainted King, when a run goes awry and her ability is discovered. Lore is well prepared for a pyre, but King August has other ideas. It seems as if whole rural communities are randomly disappearing over night. Either Lore uses her magic to discover what's going on and who in the King's court is in charge, or she perishes.

Lore finds herself at the glitzy court of the Sainted King, where very few people can be trusted and very few people can be believed. Under the protection of Gabriel, the former duke who is now a monk, and always in the path of August's spoiled son Bastian, Lore becomes bogged down in politics, religion, and forbidden love while attempting to make her way through an extravagant and debauched society.

However, the life she abandoned in the tunnels is beginning to catch up with her. And they could be getting closer than Lore realizes as she navigates the hallowed court above.

The New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten's rich, romantic new epic fantasy series follows a young lady who discovers she has the hidden ability to revive the dead and embarks on a perilous journey into the glitzy and deadly realm of the Sainted King's royal court.