Daughter of the Bone Forest

Rosy is a bone familiar, able to shift into animals marked by exposed bone. She has spent her life hidden in the Bone Forest, dodging conscription into the Witch King's army and looking after her sick grandmother.

Her hiding place is breached when Princess Shaw, a witch called Death's Heir, enters the forest. Rosy saves the princess's life. Shaw repays the debt with an offer Rosy cannot turn down: a seat at the esteemed Witch Hall, where Rosy might find a remedy for her grandmother's illness.

At Witch Hall, Rosy lands in court politics she barely understands. Her own plan is modest: graduate without attention and heal her grandmother. Shaw has other ideas and wants Rosy close, as a partner to help lead a war that is coming.

The fantasy romance between the two girls unfolds as a slow, dangerous courtship. Rosy feels the draw of Shaw's magic and a growing attraction to the princess who needs her, while a prophesied war closes in. The question is whether she can keep her grandmother's cure and her own freedom in the same hands.