Traiter's Game

Kestra Dallisor is a daughter of the ruling class.  following a kidnapping three years ago, she's been living in hiding in the lava fields.  Now, her father has called her back, and Kestra is curious and hesitant.  He's never really been a loving and attentive father.

Her carriage is assaulted on the way back, and she is kidnapped.  Kestra is forced into a no-win scenario.  Help her kidnappers find a magical blade that is the only way to kill the kingdom's powerful and magically corrupt ruler, or sentence her servants and closest friends to death.

Simon was once Kestra's closest childhood friend until she betrayed him and sentenced him to death.  He escaped through a stroke of luck, and now he's one of her kidnappers.

Accompanied by Simon, posing as her guard, and Trina, posing as her maid, Kestra returns home to find the Olden Blade.  Now that she is involved in the plan, she knows it's only a matter of time before she is killed or banished.  Dallisors don't forgive.

This new series by Jennifer Nielsen is nothing new in the fantasy romance genre.  While it is a bit slow in places, it will appeal to fans of the genre.