Seventeen-year-old Jessamine is heartbroken over a sudden tragedy. But her grief is short-lived when the throne delivers the flower-magic-wielding half-human an ultimatum: become a spy or face banishment.
House arrest has left Laec itching with boredom. But still keeping his eyes and ears open for his Seelie queen, he’s suspicious of the winter kingdom leaving their lands for the first time in forty years and arriving at court… where dire predictions of darkness loom.
Çifta longs to command her own future. But the heiress’s reprieve from an alliance with a ruthless royal feels temporary, as she fears revealing the truth of his cruel treatment will lead to war.
As their paths converge at the famed Midwinter Festival, the three schemers uncover threads of a twisted plot. And with life, limb, and love on the line, they realize joining forces once again is the only hope of stopping an encroaching evil.
Will their secret maneuvers bring them back into sovereign favor or leave them out in the treacherous cold?
A Memory of Nightshade is the lush second book in The Scented Court YA epic fantasy series. If you like suspenseful adventures, witty dialogue, and forbidden romance, then you’ll adore A.L. Knorr’s faerie realm.
Enjoy The Scented Court series, now complete!
Book 1: A Blossom at Midnight
Book 2: A Memory of Nightshade
Book 3: A Daughter of Winter
Book 4: A Prince of Autumn
Readers who love Holly Black, especially The Cruel Prince & The Folk of the Air series, Kiera Cass, Naomi Novik, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Stephanie Garber and Tamora Pierce will love these books.
a cruel prince, found family, loads of twists, adorable animal familiars including a telepathic bat, fae courts, glittering balls with amazing dresses, political intrigue, courtesan turned spy, twins, family mystery, flora & fauna fae magic, unique faerie mythology.
A.L. Knorr is a Canadian fantasy writer who won the Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for YA Fantasy in 2018 with her mermaid fantasy; Born of Water. Abby has authored more than 35 titles since then and continues to enchant readers with stories of elemental magic, transformation, friendship, adventure, international travel, and of course, love. Though Abby’s stories are clean young adult fantasy and paranormal that are cuss-free with sweet romances but no explicit love scenes, readers of every age enjoy them. Abby lives on the Mediterranean coast with her floofy cat Pamuk and her talented chef husband.