Of Candlelight and Shadows

Hers is a life without magic or romance. Until the night he whispers her name. For years, Valera has worked weary hours as a seamstress just to keep food on the table. She would give her all to protect her little sister from the cruelties of the world, and the tantalizing lure of the fae forest. One day, she fears, the fae will spirit her sister away, and how can Valera hope to stop them? Then the fae come. Not for her sister...but for her. Trapped in a magnificent palace far from her own world, Valera finds herself the unwilling bride of an enigmatic fae lord. He claims he won't harm her and vows to return her home after a year and a day if she honors one rule: She must never see his face. Determined to return to her sister at all costs, Valera struggles to unravel the mystery of her so-called husband. Why does he so desperately need a wife? And why her specifically? Torn between love, duty, and the unexpected freedom she finds in this strange new world, Valera must fight to find her place. But will a burgeoning passion for the unseen figure in the shadows be her undoing?

A stolen bridegroom. A determined bride. A love that will defy both Heaven and Hell. Valera couldn't have known the disaster that would fall when she betrayed her husband by looking at his face by candlelight. Now, it's too late - he is taken from her to some faraway world. She doesn't know where. She doesn't know why. She doesn't even know who kidnapped him. But she will save him. No matter what. Neither adventurous nor skilled with weapons like her younger sister, Valera nonetheless sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. An adventure that will take her journeying through worlds and confronting perils she is desperately unprepared to face...until, at last, she comes to the dark and twisted palace standing on the edge of Hell. Is her love of Erolas strong enough to sustain her? Or will the final test prove too great?

She's his enemy. He's her target. But could they be each other's only hope? Brielle owes Granny Dorrel seven years of her life. Seven years of slavery, serving as the ward witch's huntress in the depths of Whispering Wood. Dire is a werewolf, a former slave of Granny's in his own right¦and Brielle's newest target. Can these two enemies find a way to work together and undo the curses binding them? Or will the witch's hold on their broken hearts lead them to destroy one another? This stand-alone enemies-to-lovers romance is perfect for fans of Elise Kova and Holly Black.