Category: Adults, Fantasy, Romance
Language: EnglishKeywords: Adventure Cinnamon Roll Hea Orc Spice
Written by S.E. Wendel
Read by Sophie Daniels, William Macleod
Format: M4B
Unabridged
A lady heir in a world of lordsâ¦
Aislinn Darrow was never meant to be her fatherâs heir, but that was before her selfish brother condemned himself. Now, she must give up her old life to take his place. She should be presiding in her fatherâs council chamber and serving the people of the Darrowlandsâyet time and again, she finds herself straying to the castle smithy, to visit the handsome new blacksmith manning the forge.
A lady can never claim a monsterâ¦
Hakon has known all his life his place is in the background. At least at his forge, he can be of use and demonstrate his skills. The life of a halfling is one of halves and pieces, never quite to belong. When he hears of a place that welcomes halflings, he determines to build a new life for himself in the Darrowlands. It is a bittersweet fate to find everything he could ever want there, in a woman he can never have. He knows his green, sooty hands donât deserve to touch her, but Hakon cannot resist tempting Lady Aislinn back to him, nor indulging in the fantasy of claiming her as his own.
But in a world of lords and politics, a lady such as Aislinn could never truly take a halfling like him to mate and wedâespecially when her position as a woman lord and usurper leave her and her people vulnerable. When grasping lords threaten the Darrowlands, prepared to take Aislinnâs hand and land through marriage or force, she must chooseâthe halfling who loves her or the people who need her.
A lady heir in a world of lordsâ¦
Aislinn Darrow was never meant to be her fatherâs heir, but that was before her selfish brother condemned himself. Now, she must give up her old life to take his place. She should be presiding in her fatherâs council chamber and serving the people of the Darrowlandsâyet time and again, she finds herself straying to the castle smithy, to visit the handsome new blacksmith manning the forge.
A lady can never claim a monsterâ¦
Hakon has known all his life his place is in the background. At least at his forge, he can be of use and demonstrate his skills. The life of a halfling is one of halves and pieces, never quite to belong. When he hears of a place that welcomes halflings, he determines to build a new life for himself in the Darrowlands. It is a bittersweet fate to find everything he could ever want there, in a woman he can never have. He knows his green, sooty hands donât deserve to touch her, but Hakon cannot resist tempting Lady Aislinn back to him, nor indulging in the fantasy of claiming her as his own.
But in a world of lords and politics, a lady such as Aislinn could never truly take a halfling like him to mate and wedâespecially when her position as a woman lord and usurper leave her and her people vulnerable. When grasping lords threaten the Darrowlands, prepared to take Aislinnâs hand and land through marriage or force, she must chooseâthe halfling who loves her or the people who need her.