House Hemlock

Twenty-two-year-old Harlow Hemlock has never had a normal life. When her mother died a day after her birth, she was taken abroad by her father and hidden from the elite houses of her home country. As an adult, nobody knows her house as she attends the University of St. Animus to grow closer to her roots. However, regrowth is prolonged and painful when the stem has been cut. Navigating the elite world of her home brings new enemies to her door. While forced to take an advanced combat course, she can barely achieve a passing grade in the only class she cares for. Unexpected feelings grow complicated when she meets the charismatic Oleander princes, a mysterious teacher's assistant named Dante, and maybe a demon or two. As dark forces start stalking the night and attacking students, she is thrust into the world of gods. Everything changes when an injury turns into more than she can handle. Despite the danger her real identity holds, Harlow finds a small group of friends that don't mind. When the wrong man discovers she is the only heir to the house of death, everything she wants shifts out of her grasp. She must decide what she wants to be. In her right hand is the ability to learn the magic of healing like her mother. It holds the ability to turn the other cheek and carve a new path. In her left hand is the legacy of violence she inherited from House Hemlock.