As the Twelve Kingdoms and their allies are drawn toward
war, a princess cast aside must discover a purpose she never
dreamed of…
Karyn af Hardie is on her own, for the first time in her
life. While all around her brace for war with Karyn’s
former homeland, the Empire of Dasnaria, all Karyn really
wants is to find a husband who will care for her. After
all, she gave up everything for the chance at a normal
family life with love and children. She has no way of
supporting herself and the only thing of value she has to
offer is her virginity. The last thing she’ll do is
squander that on the flirtatious shapeshifter Zyr.
Zyr is fascinated by the golden-haired and exotic Karyn—
but not enough to put up with all of her mossback rules.
She’d be considerably happier, in his opinion for some
good bouts of healthy sex. Still, that’s not his problem
and he has plenty that is. His sister Zynda has
disappeared, possibly never to return, leaving him with a
mission to use the mysterious map-sticks to find ancient
n’Andana and recruit help for a war they seem doomed to
lose to otherwise.
Suspected as a Dasnarian spy, Karyn can’t stay in Annfwn
while the defense is planned—so she’s sent with Zyr to
assist on his desperate quest. If they can keep from
killing each other, Karyn and Zyr might just discover they
hold more than a map to saving the world.