Sweet Vengeance (Fantasy )

In a kingdom where justice is dictated by the whims of the powerful, Lady Seraphine's life is shattered when her family is betrayed and her home, the peaceful estate of Althar's Reach, is burned to the ground. Her parents are murdered, and her younger brother disappears into the clutches of the king's notorious enforcers. Left with nothing but a burning desire for retribution, Seraphine swears an oath to see those responsible for her family's ruin brought to justice-no matter the cost. Armed with little more than her family's heirloom dagger and the arcane knowledge her mother once taught her, Seraphine sets out on a relentless quest to uncover the hidden conspiracies that have rotted the heart of the kingdom. Along her journey, she encounters allies who are as broken as she is-a former knight, disgraced and on the run; a clever sorceress whose dark past is intertwined with Seraphine's own; and a mercenary whose code of honor is as unpredictable as the storm he rides in on. As Seraphine weaves her way through a web of corruption, betrayal, and magic, she begins to realize that the vengeance she seeks may come at a terrible price. The deeper she delves into the kingdom's secrets, the more she uncovers about the dangerous magic that once bound her family to the throne-and the truth of what happened to her brother. But vengeance, Seraphine soon learns, is a poison that cannot be contained. As she edges closer to her goal, the line between justice and vengeance begins to blur, and the taste of revenge turns bitter. Will the pursuit of her enemies' destruction make her more than a mere instrument of fate, or will it consume her entirely?