Blood Beneath the Snow

Blood Beneath the Snow – Alexandra Kennington
Blood & Souls Duology – Book 1
Romantasy
 
Tropes:
Princess competition to the death
Enemies-to-something-more
Kidnapped by enemy
 
Summary:
Revna, the only magicless member of the royal family, has always been treated as a shame to her kingdom. When her two closest friends are threatened, she chooses to enter the deadly Bloodshed Trials—where the last surviving royal sibling wins the throne—hoping to save them. After rejecting an arranged marriage to compete, she is kidnapped by the Hellbringer, the fearsome general of her nation’s greatest enemy, a man capable of tearing souls apart with a gesture. As Revna is drawn into hidden agendas and dangerous alliances, she begins to question the Hellbringer’s true nature and discovers that powerful forces want her on the throne… whether she survives the trials or not.