Souls in Ruin

by Jacqueline White · 2026

Princess Mireille has spent her life as the bastard daughter of a ruthless king, scorned by the court and used as a pawn in political games. When a conquering foreign monarch demands her hand in marriage, she expects cold indifference and a life of captivity, not the chance to wield power. Instead, the Blood King’s icy stare awakens a fierce, forbidden desire, and their uneasy alliance promises a new throne—if she can survive the nightmarish wedding that turns her into a prisoner within her own castle. Trapped in dungeons that echo with the sins of her father, Mireille discovers that two god‑like men vie for her obedience and the remnants of her soul. Refusing to kneel, she must navigate divine vengeance, dark obsession, and a kingdom silenced by fear to forge her own destiny. "Souls in Ruin" is the gripping opening of The Soulbound Trilogy, a dark romantasy of survival, myth‑laden intrigue, and a heroine who rises from ruin to claim her fate.