Fate's Star · Prequel to the Chronicles of the Warlands

Five years before the events in Warprize and Destiny’s Star

. . . .

                                               

Her family dead, her home

destroyed, all she has left are her wits and her songs . . . .

When the flames of civil war

rage across the Kingdom of Palins, Warna of Farentell has no choice but to flee

to the neighboring Barony of Tassinic. 

The daughter of a wealthy merchant, raised to run a noble house in the

hope of a good marriage, she watches her future burn with the rest of her

homeland.

 

Elven Lord of a human

Barony, betrayed and attacked by those he thought to trust . . . .

Verice of Tassinic has suffered

the wounds of war, knowing loss and betrayal at the hands of those he trusted

most.  He buries himself in work and

duty, behind emotional walls as high as those of his castle, rather than risk

more pain.  While dealing with a kingdom

in political and economic turmoil, he 'rescues' Warna only to discover that the

helpless human woman is anything but. 

Before he knows it, she is deep within the defenses of his heart,

forcing him to confront his grief, his distrust, and the scars of his past . .

.  and maybe even steal his heart in the

process.