The Winter Duke

Ekata plans to leave her dangerous family behind as soon as her brother becomes heir. Scholarship and escape appeal far more than the politics of Kylma Above, an icy kingdom dependent on the magic of the underwater realm below it. Those plans collapse when her parents and siblings fall into an unexplained sleep. Suddenly Ekata holds a title she never wanted, faces political challengers and inherits a relationship with her brother’s intended warrior bride. Finding a cure is only one of the problems demanding her attention. With little preparation for ruling or trusting anyone, she must navigate a court where survival, attraction and power are tightly entangled, while deciding what kind of authority she is willing to wield.