These Wicked Lies

<p><strong>When a princess with the ability to absorb and transfer life force energy discovers her mother, the queen, is manipulating her, she works with unexpected allies to steal the throne, battling magic-induced anxiety and unexpected attractions along the way. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Astrid is a vygora-a rare being that can absorb one's life force energy and transfer it to another with only a touch. Only two people know what she's truly capable of: her best friend, Ilona, and her mother, the Queen of Hakran, a powerful myndox.</p><p><br></p><p>When foreign royalty and their handsome guard, Dashiel Dargan, show up unexpectedly with the ability to mute myndox manipulation, Astrid discovers she's been a prisoner to her mother's power her entire life, and she's not the only one. Faced with a lifetime of memories built on lies, she's caught between the story she thinks she knows, and the one she doesn't remember.</p><p><br></p><p>But when she can't trust anyone, how can she figure out which story is true?</p>