Chapter One

It's been two months since Claire found herself back in the theater dressing room. Two months spent wondering whether or not the experience had been real or just a vivid dream, and if the man she loved was merely a figment of a wild imagination.

No matter her mind, her heart refused to believe the latter to be true.

When Claire returns home one evening to find an unexpected visitor waiting for her, she finds herself faced with a difficult choice -- go back at the risk of her own life, or remain safe and risk losing everything she holds dear.

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Winter Embers is the second book of a three book series. Please stop and read the first book -- Winter Fire -- before proceeding.