Daring Rise

A grieving princess tries to outrun her past, but encounters a mysterious stalker who knows more about her family's secret than he should...

Princess Raihana Daring, heir to the throne, would rather drink herself to death than live up to expectations. After a night of debauchery, Rai finds herself placed under the thumb of her father's wicked advisor, Magdon Dahncree, who has promised her father he would set her right.

Reprimanded to a cabin in the woods, far from her comfortable lifestyle back in Castle Daring, Rai begins her atonement for the damage she has caused. But a strange figure begins to stalk her in the woods, who presents physical evidence of a ridiculous tale that he couldn't have unless he was telling the truth.

Against her better judgment, Rai follows the trail and discovers she never really knew anything at all. She uncovers deceptions, misdirections, and bald-faced lies, forcing her to choose between rising to her destiny and confronting the unfathomable horrors she's discovered, or turning tail and seeking refuge in the dregs of a whiskey jar.