Eleven paladins walk into a monastery. Only one knows it’s a trap.When Victoriana Greenmantle is summoned to represent her paladin order in an unusual quest, the timing couldn’t be worse.Having just witnessed the horrific death of her mentor, she is barely a paladin at all. Worse, she has a trapped demon on her hands and if anyone discovers she hasn’t quite managed to cast it out, she will be made to suffer consequences worse than death.The summoning requires Victoriana to journey to the newly revealed Aching Monastery and there to search for and recover the fabled Cup of Tears on behalf of her order.But her order is not the only one seeking this relic. And her rivals are stronger, smarter, more experienced and just as motivated as she is. Will this cynical paladin have the faith to find the truth?When Adalbrand Von Menticure is summoned to the Aching Monastery he is unamused. Far from his holy work healing the sick and injured, this quest seems a waste of his time. But when the murders start and he’s thrown together unwittingly with a young female paladin who keeps breaking all the rules and drawing everyone’s ire, he is forced to confront ghosts of his past. Can he push past his guilt to accept this tempting ally?Together, these two holy paladins may be the only ones who can discover what or who is killing their compatriots and whether the Cup of Tears is really worth the bloodshed and danger within the monastery walls before time runs out and they are trapped forever.A complicated mission, you say? Oh, but it gets worse, because forbidden love is slowly stalking them both, complicating everything, and leaving them each more vulnerable than they can afford to be in the face of a danger worse than either of them ever imagined.Will this pair find strength in their strict discipline and holy orders in time to escape, or will they fall before the twin dangers of a rogue killer and an attraction more deadly than the simple risk of death?This adult romantic epic fantasy stand-alone novel features paladins in all their aspects and is perfect for lovers of T. Kingfisher, Tamsyn Muir and Danielle L. Jensen. Though this book is a part of a collection of books linked by the same world it is a complete story in itself and does not bleed out into the other books in the series.

A gritty new epic fantasy by New York Times bestselling and Hugo-winning author, Harry Turtledove.A conquered city. A growing resistance. A war for their freedom.For three long years, the militant Chleuh have occupied the Kingdom of Quimper and its great capital, Lutesse. Times are hard since they won the war. There’s not much food or fuel — the Chleuh take anything that isn’t nailed down.People in Lutesse have terrible choices to make. Do they go along with the Chleuh and try to make the best of a bad situation? Or do they try to fight back, hoping the occupation can’t last forever?Take Malk Malkovici, junkman extraordinaire. He’s a foreigner in Lutesse, and one who follows the wrong gods. If he doesn’t make himself useful to the Chleuh, he’s a dead man. If he makes himself too useful and the occupiers lose the war, the resistance will have its revenge. It’s a fine line to walk.Or Guisa Sachry, an actor who craves the attention of an audience to feel alive. But the Chleuh control the theaters the same way they control all the other arts. If he’s going to appear at all, he has to accommodate himself to them. And the longer the war goes on, the deeper in he gets.It can't go on like this forever. Battle-dragons fly over Lutesse. Resistance rises.Liberation may not be far away. . . .CITY IN CHAINS is a new military epic fantasy by Harry Turtledove, the NYT bestselling and Hugo-winning author of Worldwar. Set in a city reminiscent of occupied Paris during World War II, join a trapped people as they turn to magic to try to make life tolerable among occupation by a Gestapo-like force.

Two sisters.Two seeds of power.One Mage's Guild, and an unprecedented new power—but which sister does it belong to?Cadence and her sister possess the seeds of glory and ruin—or so their father always insisted. Cadence never understood what he meant until Airlie’s seed of power is activated, turning her into the most powerful mage in generations. Despite knowing it must mean her own dormant seed is malevolent, Cadence is swept away to the distant Mage’s Guild in her sister’s wake. She’s used to living in Airlie’s shadow, but she can’t see a place for herself in this new world.Nor can she believe in the apparent interest of the charming Zeke. No one has ever chosen her over her beautiful sister.But leaving her new home isn’t an option. After her isolated childhood, Cadence is plagued by questions that need answers, and the Guild might hold them. But as the revelations grow, Cadence must find a way to conceal the truth from her new companions before the sisters’ secrets turn everyone against them.And as word of Airlie’s power spreads, new danger emerges. Across the kingdom’s border, a threat is growing among the ruins of their former neighbor—enemies who will do anything to get their hands on the sisters and the seeds they contain. No longer able to shelter behind Airlie, Cadence must make a choice. Will she embrace her power—whatever it might be—or pursue a different path?While the twisted vines that connect them threaten to tear apart everything Cadence and Airlie hold dear, their connection might offer the only chance for survival. If the sisters have any chance of saving their world, they must do it together.If you enjoy strong heroines, fantasy worlds, sibling dynamics, adventure, and clean romance, then try this new world now! Available in this complete series set which includes the following titles:Seeds of Glory and RuinVines of Promise and DeceitThorns of Hope and BetrayalForests of Grandeur and Malice