The Great and the Dark: House Woodthorne Book One
House Woodthorne #1
"I couldn't deny the forbidden sensations I hadn't felt in so long. The neediness, the hunger. The craving for the touch of another. Another as twisted and miserable as myself."
Aislinn Lockmere—a talented baker in the realm of Carafye—has known struggle as a widow and single mother, but she enjoys her independence, no matter the hardships. Her entire world is flipped upside down when she's taken away from her self-built life by charismatic half-elf lord Landyn Woodthorne.
He brings her to his estate, where she is forced to have a hand in his plans to unite two kingdoms. There, she meets Landyn's younger brother Daegyn—a half-elf headsman with a calling for vengeance.
House Woodthorne provides her with friendship and rouses forbidden feelings inside her that she swore off long ago. As if things aren't difficult enough, a terrible tragedy befalls the kingdom, and Aislinn's will to survive is tested.
Will she trust true love or remain as she's always known—alone?
