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In Elphame, every promise casts a shadow.
The veil between worlds has been crossed, but the price of passage is only beginning to reveal itself.
After the perilous bargain that carried her beyond the mortal world, Elizabeth Merkova finds herself entangled ever deeper within the dangerous splendor of the fae courts. Beneath moonlit revels and silver-tongued courtesies, ancient rivalries stir once more. The Summer and Winter Courts circle one another with smiling malice, old hungers awakening beneath the gilded beauty of Elphame.
And somewhere within that treacherous realm, darker powers watch and wait.
Bound by oath and haunted by choices that cannot be undone, Elizabeth soon discovers that the fae remember every debt. Mortal hearts are fragile things in a land governed by immortal desire, and affection itself may become a weapon in the games of queens.
As whispers of war drift through the courts and the boundaries between love, glamour, and captivity begin to blur, one terrible truth becomes impossible to ignore:
There are older laws than those written by men.
And the fae always collect what they are owed.
The Faery Courts stand on the brink of open conflict. Queen Maeve hungers for power, Queen Oonagh hides a truth too dangerous to name, and the old treaties that once bound Seelie and Unseelie are now little more than brittle parchment. In this world of eternal twilight and treacherous beauty, one mortal captive could tip the scales.
As ancient rivalries ignite and loyalties are tested, the Courts descend into dangerous intrigue—where every secret has a cost, every alliance demands a sacrifice, and no one escapes untouched.
Torn from her world and thrust into the eerie wilds of Elphame, Elizabeth finds herself the unwilling quarry in a land where the trees whisper, shadows breathe, and every path twists with ancient malice.
With Queen Maeve’s assassin, Raelgar, stalking her steps, Elizabeth must navigate a realm ruled by capricious magic and perilous beauty—where allies are scarce, bargains are deadly, and even the moonlight carries secrets.
To survive, she must uncover the truth of her Faery blood, outwit a relentless hunter, and brave a world that hungers for the souls of mortals. Only one thing is certain: in Elphame, innocence is no shield…and courage may not be enough.
Nikolai Merkova is a man unraveling. His wife is gone, her death marked as a savage tragedy—but her body was never found.
Now the town has turned against him, whispering that he drove her to madness…or worse.
Haunted by grief, tormented by guilt, and stalked by accusations he cannot outrun, Nikolai must decide whether to defend himself—or bury the truth that even he fears to face.
Because sometimes the line between victim and culprit blurs, and sometimes the dead are not as gone as everyone believes.
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