Kenna Heron is still reeling from her lover's betrayal and the threat of an impending civil war. With only a sentient dagger and her two closest - and most powerless - friends by her side, she must navigate the treacherous politics of Mistei while coming to terms with her new identity as not just Fae, but princess of the reborn Blood House.

With the corrupt king dead at last, three candidates are vying for the crown: a princess who claims the throne as her birth right and two rebel princes, both of whom are courting Kenna's support to break the stalemate between them. Old loyalties fray as new, volatile alliances form, and Kenna finds herself caught in a web of violence and deceit - and swept up in a forbidden romance as passionate as it is dangerous.

Kenna has the power to shape Mistei's future but someone's willing to kill to make sure she never gets the chance.