A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

HAMLET meets MACBETH retelling, with a dash of an alternate timeline Russian Revolution.

When Josselyn's father, the King of Eidraes, is brutally murdered, she gives into cowardice and flees across the border that separates Eidraes from her neighboring kingdom of Ostax. This leaves the throne vacant for her uncle, a position he gladly takes up, without hesitation.
Josselyn spends the next five years in a chosen exile, in Ostax, known for its brutal landscape and people. She lives a relatively safe life, free to enjoy her childhood like she hadn't been able to before, until one day, when her former betrothed finds her, after many long years of searching for his one true love. The only problem is, Josselyn most certainly doesn't feel the same way about her Prince Charming. Prince Ashtyn believes it is sworn duty to retrieve his beloved from her exile, return her to Eidraes, her kingdom and her people, and aid her in regaining her throne. He fails to see and understand the crushing weight of ruling a nation that forced the Princess to run in the first place.
Learning the full truth behind her father's death spurs Josselyn into action, resulting in her deciding to place her heart ahead of her brain, so she can finally avenge her father, all amidst navigating a life she thought lost to her, all those years ago. Josselyn must first accept the darkness that resides within her heart and begin to forge her own path, towards her true destiny, and her real true love, with a happy ending she more than deserves. It is a story of love, betrayal, loss, murder, loyalty, and family, featuring a lost Princess trying to find her way back home, and a family betrayal that results in the destruction of the thing every person holds most dear.

A YA fantasy. Chapters to come.