In the midst of a dangerous raid, Tassia, an elite soldier from the Wheat Sky empire, rescues Sam, a wandering nomad, from inside the compound of a lunatic enchantress. While Sam serves his debt to Wheat Sky, he and Tassia grow closer as they tend her garden together. Sam falls in love wholly and immediately, but Tassia’s feelings bloom slowly, and her reluctance to commit to Sam is further complicated by her discovery of his true identity. As they attempt to secure peace between their rival kingdoms, Tassia and Sam find that their relationship and their very lives are in jeopardy.

Vanessa has always been a bookaholic and her life seldom strays far from the world of books, particularly in the winter, when her favourite activity is hibernation. She’s a freelance editor specializing in speculative fiction, and she spends most of her free time reading or writing. When she’s not being bookish, Vanessa’s into astronomy, hiking, kickboxing, gardening, “collecting” national parks across the continent, and being a massive geek. She loves Halloween and hates to be cold. Learn more at her website www.thodestool.com or follow her antics on Facebook and Twitter.

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