The Gardener Kings by Monica Boothe
All her life, she’s lived in exile, hiding from the traitor who usurped her father’s throne. But now she must return to the very kingdom she’s always feared.
Iníon is the daughter of the last Gardener King, or so she thought. When the king reveals to her that she is not his blood daughter but that he found her in a tree the night he fled Gàrradh, she wonders what other secrets he’s been hiding. She falls for Rían, the king’s wild son with Gardener blood in his veins, who lives in the trees and speaks to them. But Rían is forbidden to marry any woman without the king’s blood.
Together Rían and Iníon concoct a plan to return to Gàrradh and solve the mystery of Iníon’s birth. But what they find when they arrive in the land of their birth turns everything upside down. After what she’s learned about the Gardener Kings, will Iníon still want to be a part of this family?