Once, Novae believed saving a life could only be an act of good. She has spent centuries paying for the moment she learned otherwise.
Once a creature of healing and light, Novae is now bound to Scotland's waters as a kelpie, compelled to judge those who fall within her grasp. The innocent have nothing to fear from her.
The guilty rarely survive.
When the son of a powerful Fae lord is found dead, the Summer Court sends its Blade to deliver justice.
Maelor expects to find a monster.
Instead, he finds a woman.
After millennia spent carrying out the will of the Summer Court, Maelor has learned that guilt and accusation are rarely the same thing. Novae may be dangerous, but he refuses to condemn her simply because someone else has already decided what she is.
The more he searches for the truth, the more certain Maelor becomes that there is far more hiding beneath Scotland's dark waters than a murdered Fae lord. And the woman he was sent to judge may be the one fate has been leading him toward all along.
She has spent two centuries judging the hearts of others. Now she must decide whether she can trust someone with her own.
The Kelpie is Book Four of the Ashen Court Chronicles, an interconnected world of standalone fantasy romances. Each book follows a new couple and ends with their happily ever after.
