Ismara has spent years hidden from the world while her uncle, Duke Vaelor, hoards her rare magical Gifts and controls every choice she is allowed to make. When he binds her power to a foreign sorcerer through an ancient rite, Ismara expects only another form of captivity. Instead, the binding opens the first real door she has ever seen. Her new companion has reasons of his own to despise Vaelor, and leaving Ravenscar may be the one chance Ismara has to escape the man who has treated her magic like property. Freedom, however, proves far more complicated than running beyond the estate gates. The spell tying them together cannot simply be ignored, enemies move through the shadows, and every new use of Ismara's Gifts threatens to expose how dangerous the bond truly is. As the journey carries her farther from the life she knew, suspicion gives way to reluctant trust, sharp arguments turn unexpectedly tender, and Ismara begins to discover what she wants when no one else is choosing for her. But old obligations, hidden motives, and the magic written into their blood refuse to disappear. To claim a future of her own, Ismara will have to decide who deserves her trust and whether love can grow from a connection neither of them freely chose. The Runebound Princess is a romantic fantasy adventure filled with magical bindings, escape, court intrigue, found freedom, slow-building trust, and a heroine learning that the most powerful choice she can make is her own.
Ismara has spent years hidden from the world while her uncle, Duke Vaelor, hoards her rare magical Gifts and controls every choice she is allowed to make. When he binds her power to a foreign sorcerer through an ancient rite, Ismara expects only another form of captivity. Instead, the binding ope...