Blighted Heir, The

Princess Jennifer Reid lives a lie. To the court, she is a flawless royal ornament, a political pawn in a dying kingdom. But a secret, forbidden magic makes her an empath for the blighted land, forced to feel every moment of its agonizing decay. Betrothed to a foreign prince to save her family from ruin, she sees only a future in a more magnificent cage. Her world shatters when she is abducted by rebels led by the charismatic Christian Miller. Dragged through the withered wilds, she uncovers a devastating truth: her own ancestors created the blight that poisons their world. Now, bound to her captor by a shared destiny, Jennifer must embrace her power and embark on an impossible quest: to find the lost heirs of four ancient magical houses and perform a rite of renewal that could heal the land. But the board is more treacherous than she knows. A manipulative High Councilor, a ruthless mercenary queen, and her own powerful fiancé are all playing a deadly game for control of her kingdom and her fate. Trapped between armies and faced with an impossible choice, Jennifer must make the ultimate sacrifice. To save everyone she loves and win the war, she must embrace the role of the traitor, trading one prison for another in a gambit that will cost her everything.