The Foxglove King

Lore was born in the catacombs of Dellaire and can channel Mortem, the raw magic of death, a gift the church would burn her for. She has survived by running poison for a crime syndicate and keeping her power buried, until the day the crown catches her and the Sainted King August offers a choice: spy on his own heir or die. Sent into the glittering, rotting royal court, Lore is bound to the sardonic prince Bastian and guarded by Gabriel, a former duke turned severe monk. As she investigates a wave of mysterious mass deaths on the kingdom's border, the pull between Lore and Bastian sharpens into something dangerous, and the answers she uncovers threaten every throne in the land.