She was a girl with a talent for witchcraft and a taste for adventure.
The illegitimate child of a royal lord, she longed for a man who could never be hers. And she lived for her summers at Castle Auburn.
Now she is a woman who has grown accustomed to standing alone.
What she once loved, she has lost. Where she once saw joy, she now sees terrible injustice. And at the castle where she once lived in peace, she now walks in fear for her life …
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Sharon Shinn is the author of the Samaria series, the Twelve Houses series, Heart of Gold, Jenna Starborn, Summers at Castle Auburn, Wrapt in Crystal, Troubled Waters, and several novellas and short stories. She received a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and currently writes about management education for a trade magazine, writing fiction in her spare time. Her first novel, The Shapechanger’s Wife, was selected by Locus as the Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995, and she has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer.
Gabrielle Baker is a highly respected and experienced British voice actor with her own studio at her home in Kent, England. A trained actor, she has become a bestselling audiobook narrator for award-winning authors around the world.