The Lost Garden Series by D.K. Holmberg

Eris Taeresin, third daughter to the king, is tired of being different. She’s wasted months searching the massive palace garden for a flower that will let her join her sisters in lessons to learn the secret language of flowers. Each day the Mistress of Flowers finds some reason to refuse, all while her sisters found theirs easily, a fact they love to throw in her face... moreEris Taeresin, third daughter to the king, is tired of being different. She’s wasted months searching the massive palace garden for a flower that will let her join her sisters in lessons to learn the secret language of flowers. Each day the Mistress of Flowers finds some reason to refuse, all while her sisters found theirs easily, a fact they love to throw in her face. When she finally finds a strange flower that satisfies the stern Mistress of Flowers, Eris is told she needs to learn more about the flower before she can join the lessons, leaving her spending more days searching the garden. At least now she has Terran, a handsome young gardener, for company. Then, while her father’s men fight a war in the north and with her oldest sister planning her wedding with the Saffra prince, Eris discovers the Mistress of Flowers might be more than she realized. After overhearing her father’s magi advisor, she begins to suspect the Mistress of Flowers is a flower mage who intends to use the garden in a plot against the kingdom. Eris soon learns the threat against the kingdom is deeper than she suspected and now she might be the only one able to save it from destruction, if only she can learn to use her own magic in time. less

Eris must rebuild the lost Gardens of Elaysia to stop the coming darkness, but doing so risks the life she desperately wants with Terran. In the aftermath of the recent attack, Eris wants nothing but peace and the chance to enjoy her life with Terran as she learns what it means to be a keeper of both trees and flowers. But when she finds a message with a strange and powerful flower, she learns a threat greater than the magi has reappeared... moreEris must rebuild the lost Gardens of Elaysia to stop the coming darkness, but doing so risks the life she desperately wants with Terran. In the aftermath of the recent attack, Eris wants nothing but peace and the chance to enjoy her life with Terran as she learns what it means to be a keeper of both trees and flowers. But when she finds a message with a strange and powerful flower, she learns a threat greater than the magi has reappeared. Understanding this threat takes her on another quest, this time to convince the only remaining keeper of trees to teach her. She travels to the one place her magic cannot, dragging Terran and her mysterious guardian Shadow with her. If she fails, much more than her life will be lost, but all of Light will be lost. less