Vireth lives in Hollowmire, where fae magic can open a rose, spark a flame, or call a spring breeze, yet hers leaves only rot-hungry mushrooms, poisonous slime molds, and soft clouds of bone-white spores.
Shunned for her decay and overshadowed by her perfect sisters, she has stayed small and quiet until that rot begins to spread and a fortune teller names her the Blight Mother, harbinger of the world’s end.
In the Kingdom of Valehar, crops ripen beautifully while feeding no one, and a desperate regent summons Renard—a war-hardened knight turned farmer, exiled to the edge of a forest that whispers of ancient things—to restore balance by spilling the Blight Mother’s blood.
When their paths cross, he finds a fierce, bitter woman who is painfully alone, a woman who could save the world or destroy it.
Fate and a dangerous desire draw them together as famine spreads and older powers wake, but love cannot shield either of them.
If she becomes what she has been named, he is bound to kill her, and any hesitation would leave the world beyond saving.
