Lina Ashwood, after so many years away, returns to her parents' estate after their death to execute the will. One person isn't happy about it: Aubrey, the man who was her childhood friend. He's been taking care of the estate for years, and he thinks she's neglected her duty. That they're attracted to one another is only another complication they don't need...
The torches flared pink, orange, green, teal, blue. Colours maddened by rogue alchemists and their powders. The sand churned under countless feet. […]
~ Block by block, up the tower, hand over hand, his hands are on the stones. Toes nosing into footholds, and his […]
Outside on the cliffs, the avalanche had buried the besieging army. Inside the castle, the hero let the snow-maidens strip him […]
They hung her from the cliff-yawning walls, in a metal cage. If she had been a prisoner of war, they would have […]
