Archer

Book One in the Gold Medal–Winning Stallion’s Quest SeriesRaina Swiftmain has always understood horses better than people.She can read a stallion’s fear in the twitch of an ear, disappear into wilderness that would swallow most soldiers whole, and loose an arrow before her enemy realizes she has drawn her bow.But Raven is different.The savage black stallion was supposed to belong to her enemy. No one can control him. No one can even get close.Until he chooses Raina.And Raven isn’t the only one who sees something in her that others have missed.Raina is carrying the last clues to Andrea’s vanished prince, and powerful men will kill to keep the rightful heir from being found. Hunted through a kingdom built on old betrayals, she has survived by trusting her bow, her instincts, her faith—and very few people.Then a warrior catches up with her.He is the enemy captain she should fear most: dangerous, relentless, and sworn to the very people hunting her.He should put her in chains.Instead, he might have the answers she needs.Now an ancient riddle is drawing Raina, Raven, and the one man she cannot afford to trust toward a future where a secret buried for years could restore a stolen crown—or destroy everyone trying to uncover it.Raina knows how to survive enemies and the wilderness.Can she survive discovering that the man she was supposed to run from may be the one person willing to ride beside her?A wild stallion chose her.An enemy has targeted her.And before midsummer, Raina will have to decide whether trust is an act of weakness—or the bravest thing she has ever done.? Winner of the Gold Medal for Inspirational YA Fiction ?Fantasy heroines are supposed to be graceful and mysterious.Raina gets distracted by food, talks to horses, disguises herself as an old woman, and occasionally bites people.For readers who love courageous heroines, unforgettable horses, clean slow-burn romance, dangerous quests, and fantasy where faith is woven into the adventure.Begin Archer today—and meet the girl a wild stallion refused to leave behind.