Winter Witch

Cursed. Monster. Murderer.

That’s what the townspeople whisper behind her back. But eighteen-year-old Tally Bane ignores the rumours, keeps her head down, and quietly moves on. For she is not just a winter witch, scorned for her magical ability to summon winter and cursed with death's touch, but she also carries a horrible secret: her touch can bring the dead back to life. If anyone knew, she would be instantly put to death as an abomination.

Unfortunately, as a winter witch, she’s exactly what the king wants. On her eighteenth birthday she is conscripted, and given a choice: live in the royal palace and become the crown prince's personal bodyguard, or head to the front line of the losing war against the barbarian highlanders.

Choosing the former, Tally finds herself unprepared for her new life learning to be a royal bodyguard. The not-so-handsome Prince Ford with the twinkling eyes and easy smile might just give her a reason to stay, as well as his very close group of brothers-in-arms, including the infuriatingly handsome best friend, and the brooding giant with the gentle hands who trains her to fight back. As she learns to trust them, their investigation into Tally's forbidden power uncovers secrets and conspiracies that lead all the way to the top.

But when summer witches start dying in the palace, all evidence points toward a winter witch's involvement. Someone wants Tally to take the fall. And to find out who, she needs to embrace the one power that, if exposed to the wrong people, would mean her own death.