The spare heir must work with an enemy prince to discover who murdered her twin in this gripping slow-burn romantasy.As the younger twin, Merridan has never minded being the “spare” to the Rothian royal throne. She knows her brother, Von, will be an excellent king, and she’d rather spend time devoted to the Goddess, faithfully using her magic to send deceased spirits from the holy lake to the Afterworld.When the unthinkable happens and her brother is murdered, she is certain their rival Kingdom, Nova, is to blame. After all, they’re devoted to a false deity and use their magic to toy with necromancy. But when the Goddess halts the investigation of Von’s death, Merridan takes matters into her own hands, using a forbidden Novian ritual to speak to her brother’s ghost.The last thing Merridan expects is to raise the wrong ghost. Now she’s bound to Phoenix Darragon, arrogant crown prince of Nova—who was murdered the same night as Von. The prince makes Merridan a deal: if she takes his spiri
