Description
Elaire has spent her life seeking an approval she'll never earn. When one of the Moontouched elves must be sent as tithe to their fiercest enemies, Elaire is chosen as sacrificial bride... and as shadowed assassin. But where the stories of paint her husband as a scaled monster, Elaire struggles to justify the murder of the man who both exceeds and falls short of rumor. Bound by honor and at the mercy of his family, Prince Aramil reluctantly accepts a betrothal he knows will end in misery. While his intended is not the unfeeling creature he expected, he is certain the frail and unsightly half-breed will never survive the harshness of his homeland, much less a life among enemies, no matter how determined her spirit. Brought together by duty and secrets, caught between unforgiving worlds, Elaire and Aramil must find more than common ground if they mean to survive.
The Author's Note (May 2023)
