With her father’s passing, Princess Vera will now become Queen. The threats to her ascending the throne have only just begun to reveal themselves. With her own nobility plotting her usurpation, she must determine who she can and cannot trust while learning how to run her country. As she steps into ruling her land, she must also learn how to navigate her engagement to James Oar while her heart belongs to Macon Rayne. Because in Rune, matters of the heart can be just as deadly as traitors.

Vera is a dragon-bonded princess with a treacherous path to her father’s throne ahead. Her family united the three kingdoms a millennia ago and have ruled peacefully since. But that peace is coming to an end, with many ambitious and restless. As threats breach their borders, destabilization within grows. A woman has never ruled before, and if the men of the realm have it their way, one will not. Vera must find her way to the throne, or be the end of her family’s dynasty forever.