The Hexed Heir: A Dark Magical Academy Romantasy
A cursed heir. A ruthless academy. A rival mage who should be her executioner—never her first and only weakness.
For years, Sable has survived in the shadows, hiding the truth that should have died with her bloodline—she is the last Varennes, the Hexed Heir, carrying a curse powerful enough to break the world.
When her magic finally erupts out of control, there’s only one place left to hide in plain sight: Ashthorn Academy, a brutal training ground for the realm’s most dangerous mages, built over catacombs that never sleep. Enrolling under a false name, Sable plans to keep her head down, survive the legendary Ruin Trials, and secretly search for a way to break her curse before it devours her from the inside out.
Unfortunately, Ashthorn has other plans.
Her entrance exam shatters the Resonance orb that is supposed to classify her magic, marking her as impossible—and very likely lethal. The shadows beneath the school whisper her true name. The catacombs stir as if recognizing their lost queen. And the academy’s golden boy, Lysander Thorne—top-ranked mage, cold-eyed prodigy, and sworn enemy of the Varennes line—seems to feel every pulse of her forbidden power.
He’s the one ordered to keep an eye on her.
He’s also the one destined to kill her… if he ever discovers who she really is.
As Sable is forced into Ashthorn’s deadly Ruin Trials—tests of shadow, blood, illusion, and bone—she’s trapped between rival Houses, a secret society of masked Oathkeepers, and the ancient entity sealed beneath the academy that hungers for her curse. Every spell she casts frays the bindings on the monster below. Every heartbeat spent near Lysander tangles her fate deeper with the boy raised to hate everything she is.
Survive the trials, break the curse, and walk away before anyone learns the truth.
Easy—right up until a sabotaged trial, a fae bargain she shouldn’t have made, and a single, forbidden kiss ignite a choice that could doom them all.
In a world where magic remembers every oath and every betrayal, Sable must decide: Will she become the weapon everyone fears… or the ruin that burns the academy to the ground?
The Hexed Heir is a dark magical academy romantasy featuring:
- a cursed, secret-royalty heroine with forbidden magic
- a brooding rival mage with a tragic past
- slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers tension and one bed/forced proximity moments
- deadly magical trials in haunted catacombs
- gothic atmosphere, secret societies, and dangerous bargains with fae
- a found-family friend group with sharp edges and soft hearts
Perfect for readers of dark romantasy, gothic fantasy romance, and elite magical academy stories who love obsessive rivals, impossible curses, and heroines who would rather burn the world than bow to it.
The Hexed Heir: A Dark Magical Academy Romantasy
A Dark Romantasy Magical Academy Series Book 1
By: R.F. Price
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
Release date: 01-24-26
Language: English
Format and Bitrate: M4B@125 kbps
Size: 752.06 MB
