Witch's Heart

Politics and passion collide, and I'm caught in the crossfire.I never thought Rixon would break the most sacred rule of our world-until he claimed the crown. The Citadel forbids mixing politics with our duties, and now I'm the one summoned to answer for his choice. I tell myself the distance will help me think clearly, but all it does is make me ache for him more.The Citadel has changed. Witches are choosing sides, secrets are unraveling, and when my own actions spark a conflict I can't control, I'm forced to run back to the capital. I thought I was returning to heal what's broken between us. Instead, I find that our love isn't the only thing hanging by a thread.Rixon's life is on the line. With armies closing in and betrayal striking from within, the crown that drove us apart might be the very thing that kills us both. The real battle for our love-and our survival-has just begun.Witch's Heart is the fifth book in the Lady Witch Series. A story of love tested by politics, where magic and ambition threaten to tear apart everything we've fought to protect.Warning: This series contains explicit sexual content suitable for audiences 18+, adult language, and some demon-slaying violence. Melissa Mitchell is a physics Ph.D. by day, and fantasy writer by night. She is a California transplant, who moved to Georgia with her husband and three dogs to chase her engineering career in illumination design. Aside from her love of tea, wine, desserts, and writing, she loves reading, playing piano, baking, and bullet journaling (in no particular order).Melissa has been an avid reader since childhood, with an interest in fantasy books. She grew up reading the Harry Potter series repeatedly. Her favorite fantasy creature is the dragon, which is probably because she read (more than once) The Dragonriders of Pern books, beginning in the seventh grade. No wonder dragons are her favorite creatures to write about! Her largest writing project is currently an epic fantasy series set in the fictional world of Dragonwall. It is not yet published, but can be read for free on Wattpad.