In a land of forbidding castles, sacred prophecies, and unholy betrayals, mystery surrounds the one woman who holds the key to an ancient legacy. She is Ceridwen, an orphan unaware of her immense power -- until fate leads her from a secluded abbey into the tower of a feared sorcerer.

Dain Lavrans has no magic in himself, only the secrets of medicine he uncovered while a soldier in the Crusades. But he finally beholds true enchantment in the spell of passion innocently woven by the ethereal Ceridwen. Yet there are many who seek the maiden, all meaning to wrest her power for themselves. Now Ceridwen and Dain must struggle to escape the snares set by friend and foe alike, even as they uncover a love that promises to bind them forever.

"A love affair of erotic discovery and passion...brought to a gripping conclusion."
-Kirkus Reviews

In the beginning...

Ceridwen ab Arawn has been captured by the brutish knight Ragnor the Red and taken to Wydehaw Castle. The Baron of Wydehaw has commanded his sorcerer, Dain Lavrans, to take the maid to the Hart Tower and see to her many wounds. When Dain has finished stitching, Ceridwen begins to stir...

"Are you awake, lady? he asked.
Awake? Ceridwen thought hazily. How did one awaken into death? And who would choose not to be awake when Death's messenger was so achingly beautiful?
She gazed up at him, taking him in piece by exquisite piece and putting him together into a dreamlike whole. She faintly remembered that she had stolen a green charm cursed with a faerie's death-sleep, stolen it from an ominous, black cowled demon flanked by spectral hounds.
Or maybe not a demon. His charm had brought her to this new land of death, where her limbs felt heavy, but her thoughts and her heart were too light to hold, where a creature of unsurpassed comeliness beckoned her with a gentle touch and the sweet, dark melody of his voice.
A sigh swelled in her chest. She would not have expected glittering black eyes from a faerie prince, yet his eyes were darker and brighter than a night full of stars, an onyx color to match the dark, flowing length of hair that framed his face, streamed down his chest, and pooled on her breasts in a loose, silky confluence.

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