"A saint is a girl who hasn't been pushed yet; a villainess is a girl who finally pushed back."
Lady Elara Vance was the perfect blueprint of nobility: cold, calculated, and fiercely loyal to a crown that took her for granted. For ten years, she balanced the kingdom's books and suppressed her own heart to ensure Prince Alaric's glory. But when a "Saintess" from another world falls from the sky, Elara's life of duty is branded as "cruelty," and her poise is mistaken for "malice."
Betrayed by her fiancé, disowned by her father, and framed for a crime she didn't commit, Elara is cast into the Dead Lands to wither away. But the world forgot one thing: thorns grow best in the dark.
This is not a story of a girl who lost her way; it is the story of a woman who found her power in the wreckage of her reputation. Oakhaven demanded a villain-and Elara is finally ready to play the part.