A Lonely Dance

A strong-willed crown princess.

Ilara of Talland hoped a foreign visitor could increase trade for her starving people. Instead, he turned out to be a powerful sorcerer.

Now Ilara and her two sisters are cursed.

Every night the princesses are stolen away to a magical ball they can't remember. The sorcerer claims he will free them if Ilara marries him, and he warns his efforts to win her without bloodshed will last only as long as his evaporating patience...

A lonely ambassador.

In Rethalyon, for...