[Stronger Than Spells 01] • The Bronze Mage

When the bronze statue in her family garden transforms back into the mage who'd tried to kill her father decades before, sixteen-year-old Tabitha finds herself in a contest of wills against a master manipulator…and winning. More comfortable with weapons than words, the young princess cannot explain her victory to her own satisfaction, much less anyone else's.

With her future plans scuttled by politics and rumors, Tabitha must forge a new path for herself. She learns new skills, makes new friends and travels to new places, but the mystery of the mage still haunts her. What did he want with her, really? And, more importantly, why?

As events conspire to bind them together, she must decide how much she's willing to risk to break free of him, and whether that's even what she wants.