Amalina Dalca

Now helplessly folded into her monstrous master's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she serves as a secret agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing her master down. All the while, Amalina must try to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Amalina, once an unwilling servant to a monster, now finds reasons to stay in his service: • to protect the lives of seven young princesses visiting the castle • to discover the identity of a vicious murderer and put him out of action before he can strike again • and -- even more compelling -- to hide from an entity much more powerful than her master, who seems to be hunting her down. All in a day's work for our clever Amalina? Or in the end will it be too much for her to survive? "The perfect blend of menace and fun ... The Midnight Gift is a darkly humorous horror novel, the perfect addition to an already wildly entertaining series." -- Five-Star Review Nicky Flowers, Indies Today.

Amalina breaks one simple rule in her superstition-bound village ... and is swept away by an ancient, evil entity. To survive she must keep her wits about her while she plots a way out of his lonely castle in the mountains, and out of a mysterious plot he is hatching ... But what if her only chance to escape means his -- or her -- death? The darkest, most dangerous time in Amalina's life begins!