Harrowed Heir

Court of Mystery #6

by Sarah E. Burr

A long-forgotten secret surfaces…"The author continues to build an exciting world that entertains you." - Amazon ReviewerQylvard Savant's treacherous attack has left the Realm of Virtues fractured, many nations now leaderless.Barely recovered from injuries sustained during battle, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier heads south to the Duchy of Hestes to claim its vacant throne. As she prepares for her upcoming coronation, she receives troubling news from a professor at the realm's famed Academy. Newly discovered documents have been unearthed, suggesting the throne of Hestes may indeed belong to another. Worried her plans for unifying the realm are on the brink of being thwarted, Jax decides to seek answers about the origin of these suspicious documents herself. What awaits her at the Academy, however, may be more trouble than she bargained for… Return to the Realm of Virtues in Harrowed Heir, a Court of Mystery novel.Murder is a royal affair in the Court of Mystery Ducal DetectiveA Feast Most FoulA Voyage of VengeanceA Summit in ShadowThrone of ThreatsParadise PlaguedBurdened BloodlineSovereign SiegedCrown of ChaosHarrowed HeirRavaged ReignInnocence ImprisonedArdent Ascension

263 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 16, 2020

About the author

Sarah E. Burr lives near New York City. Hailing from the small town of Appleton, Maine, she has been dreaming of being Nancy Drew since she was a little girl. After not finding any mysteries in corporate America, Sarah began creating some of her own.

She writes the award-winning Glenmyre Whim Mysteries, the Trending Topic Mysteries, the Book Blogger Mysteries, and the Court of Mystery series. "You Can’t Candle the Truth" was a 2022 NGIBA Best Mystery Finalist and a 2022 Silver Falchion Best Supernatural Mystery Finalist. "Too Much to Candle" was a 2023 NGIBA Best Paranormal Finalist, and "#TagMe for Murder" was a 2024 NGIBA Best Chick Lit Finalist.

Sarah is the co-host of "It's Bookish Time," a live-streamed web series featuring author interviews and book discussions. She writes on the Writers Who Kill blogging team and is a member of Sisters in Crime. When she’s not spinning up stories, Sarah sings Broadway show tunes, plays video games with her husband, and enjoys walks with her rescue dogs, Eevee and Itto.

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Reviews

[Jim Twombly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sarah's latest guided tour through the Realm of Virtues was just what I needed to get me on track with my own project - a co-authored book on the Preamble to the Constitution. Conjuring up how Sarah might view the land she created helped me start the flow of words to describe much more mundane subjects like originalism and textualism as analytic devices.

[Dana Fernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great listen. An attack on the Realm has left many nations leaderless. The Dutches’s Jax has her hands full with empty thrones that need to be claimed. News has come to light that a throne is already claimed. Now Jax need to get to the bottom of it by traveling to her old Academy. The trouble she steps into may be more than she anticipated.

I definitely need to go back and start at the beginning.

[Mary Seifert · Rating 5 out of 5]

The visual storytelling about the Realm of Virtues/ another world, is fascinating and visiting the lives of all the characters is a wonderful respite from the work of the day!

I love these stories!

[emeraldragonlady (Maddie) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
As the ambush at the war council attends to their many wounded and the many who died Jax has to act on staking her claim to her newly inherited kingdoms. Some troubling news comes to light. Is it true or is it all just hearsay. But the biggest surprise is the stance Perry makes by doing a simple act.
So good!!! Can’t wait for the next book!!! I swear this series is becoming a drug for me I can’t read them fast enough.