Where Darkness Blooms | Leslie Bates

370 Pages | Paperback

Synopsis
Brutally orphaned and made a murderer in the same night, Kieryn Rhodes was dropped unconscious on the doorstep of the prestigious Phantoms Keep at the age of sixteen. In the ten years since, she's made herself into an infamously lethal assassin and created a family from those around her.

But when Kieryn and her friends are sent on a mission that results in them being framed for regicide, secrets are revealed that prove they may not know each other as well as they thought. And in this world, sometimes friends can be more dangerous than enemies. If they're going to prove their innocence and survive the war that's sure to come, they'll all need to play a part.

Unfortunately, for Kieryn, her part involves journeying to an unfamiliar realm with a mysterious, sarcastic dark prince who gets on her last nerve and might even be deadlier than she is. But with his help, she just might be able to gain a royal ally in the coming war and identify her parents' killer all at once.