Antler Queen

 She was supposed to be a bride.Instead, she became the forest's revenge.On the morning Mina Hart is meant to marry a prince, she is accused of treason, dragged from the palace in her wedding gown, and abandoned in the old forest to die.But the forest does not kill betrayed women.It crowns them.When antlers grow from Mina's skull and the roots begin answering her rage, she discovers the kingdom has been feeding women to the forest for generations—brides, daughters, mothers, and queens erased from history.Now the prince who betrayed her wants to use her power to claim the throne.The king wants her bound.The priests want her silenced.And the forest wants a queen.With a wounded hunter at her side, a city of frightened girls beginning to wake, and every buried woman whispering beneath her feet, Mina must decide what kind of monster she is willing to become.Because the throne was built on stolen blood.And the Antler Queen has come to take it back.