The wolves are closing in . . .
Wolves have haunted Bryn since she was a child. Now, as Bryn and Rangar return to the Baersladen, they're met with danger as a savage and cursed wolf pack terrorizes villages throughout the Eyrie.
As Rangar fights to vindicate himself from those who seek to hurt him, Bryn embarks on a mage apprenticeship, utilizing her newfound skills to investigate the malevolent wolves-and which of their enemies created them to sow discord throughout the kingdoms.
Will danger and politics stand in the way of the wedding that will finally bind Bryn and Rangar forever?
Contains mature themes.
Duty comes before love . . . or does it?
Bryn has been thrust into the center of attention-and danger-as the heir to the Mir throne. She struggles with placing duty above love, as the entire Baer kingdom must reckon with Rangar's wrath at her decision.
But winter brings a shocking tragedy that forces Bryn and Rangar apart. As he denies vicious accusations, Bryn must disguise herself as a commoner and flee the Baersladen, posing as newlyweds with Valenden for protection.
Bryn and Rangar's paths return them separately to Castle Mir: one as a prisoner, one as a queen, on a collision course to overthrow the usurper Captain Carr and win back her kingdom.
Contains mature themes.
'Do you promise you haven't come to steal me away?' I whispered.
He turned his head so his lips brushed my palm. 'Do you want me to?'
As a child, princess Bryn was saved from a wolf attack by a prince from a rival kingdom that left them both scarred. Rangar's people believe that a life saved is a soul owned, and ten years later, Rangar returns to claim his prize: Bryn.
Yet Rangar arrives on the night that Bryn's people rise against their despotic rulers. With Bryn's castle on fire and most of her family dead, she has no choice but to escape with Rangar's help. Was she rescued . . . or kidnapped?
Taken to Rangar's wild kingdom, Bryn slowly finds beauty in the harsh Outlands. There, she discovers magic is not the sin she's been led to believe. As she learns the full truth of her family's tyrannical rule and plans to take back her kingdom by the sword or marriage, Bryn falls under the spell of each of the three royal brothers.
But which brother will end up with her hand-and her heart-not even magic can foretell.
Contains mature themes.