

And the only person she can trust to uncover the truth of what happened is a rakish young reporter who despises everything Nora and her family stand for. Unfortunately, most of them want her dead.Īnd soon, Nora discovers that her mother’s death wasn’t random–it was murder.

When Lotte’s absent mother retrieves her from the rural convent she’d abandoned her to, Lotte goes from being an orphan to surrounded by family.

When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir.īut there’s a surprise contestant this time: Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora’s aunt. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. Her family controls all the money–and all the magic–in the entire country. A glamorous media darling, a surprise heiress, and the magical competition of a lifetime.Īt sixteen, Honora “Nora” Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad.
