In the past decade, King Terrin has been using every mage left on earth to look for his sister, stuck inside an otherworldly realm. At every turn, they've come up short, exhausted and nothing to show for it. That is, until his best mage, Alec, disappears over a cliff and Terrin receives a divine prophecy about a key to unlock the realm...a key in the form of a beautiful and intriguing woman named Lyra.
Terrin must summon the patience it takes to train and work with Lyra, a fledgling mage with considerable power but little control--over her magic or her temper.
What he doesn't expect is his maddening physical reaction to her, and the control it takes on his part to keep his feelings to himself, buried under his responsibility to his throne and consequently to his people.
Lyra is just a school mistress from a small village, friendless, and on the verge of becoming a spinster for the rest of her life.
Her world comes crashing down one day when she is summoned to the elusive royal Island of Gem by the mysterious King who tells her that her brother is missing and she is the key to finding him and restoring peace to the earth.
There, in the King's court, she will uncover the truth about herself and the world King Terrin has tried so hard to bury--that dormant, powerful magic lives within her and the world is not at all what it seems...
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Author's Note: This tale contains scenes of intimacy intended for mature readers.
