Blood Silver

Tricks and cheats lurk at the heart of faie cruelty...

Tahearn-a faie knight-hates the love of torment relished by the lords and ladies of the faie court, and refuses to give rein to it in himself. But when the faie queen targets him with her unique blend of pain and pleasure, the old hunger to hurt rises in his soul again.

Fleeing the faie deeps, Tahearn encounters the bright mortal world and falls in love, not only with its sunlit wildness, but with a healer tending the herb garden where he strays. Engaging in all the ordinary pleasures of mortality-baking bread, airing bedclothes, compounding remedies-Tahearn hopes to leave the faie and his own faie nature behind forever.

But when the faie king discovers that his escaped knight yet lives, Tahearn's freedom ends. Unless Tahearn eludes the snare set just for him-eschewing both the hot violence and cold withdrawal in his faie heart-he will lose his love, his life, and the bright world he adores forever.

Blood Silver is a fantasy novella filled with knightly chivalry and the eerie glamor of the faie set against the comfortable pleasures of home and hearth. If you enjoy characters who step off the page, nobly humble heroes, and compelling storytelling, you'll love this new, fresh fairy tale that feels like an old favorite.

EXCERPT FROM BLOOD SILVER

The king knew. The king's advisers knew. Each knight who would accompany Tahaern onto the field of truce knew. Odhran and Lorcan would both be knights themselves soon. They deserved respect and needed not a child's sheltering.

"I suspect my brother contemplates some act of perfidy," Tahaern admitted.

"Under the banner of truce?" objected Lorcan, offended despite knowing better.

"Even so," agreed Tahaern.

"Will it be enough?" asked Odhran. "Just suspecting-" he paused and corrected himself after a glance at Tahaern "-or even knowing, without knowing what?"