He was nothing. She was forgetting everything. Together, they'll risk it all.
Ash knows his place: invisible, expendable, good only for grinding grain and bearing insults. When his master exiles him with an impossible test, Ash makes a choice that surprises even himself—he walks into Thornwald Forest, where the desperate go to die.
But the forest doesn't kill him. It tests him. And at the end of those trials stands Moonshadow Keep, home to a creature he can't explain: a massive black cat with a woman's voice and eyes like violet silver.
Liora Silberlicht offers him a bargain—three years of service for the horse he needs to survive. What she doesn't offer is the truth: she's cursed, and every day she loses a little more of herself. One day soon, she'll transform into a beast and never remember how to change back.
As the months pass and the keep comes alive under Ash's care, the impossible happens. She begins to hope. He begins to matter. And the curse—designed to feed on love, to erase her completely—starts to crack.
But hope has a price. The witch who cursed Liora is coming. And the only way to break the curse is a sacrifice so brutal, it might destroy them both.
A dark romantic fantasy about the boy who was told he was worthless, the woman cursed for her kindness, and the love that refused to be erased.
Perfect for fans of Cruel Beauty, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and anyone who believes love is the most dangerous magic of all.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Ash knows his place: invisible, expendable, good only for grinding grain and bearing insults. When his master exiles him with an impossible test, Ash makes a choice that surprises even himself—he walks into Thornwald Forest, where the desperate go to die.
But the forest doesn't kill him. It tests him. And at the end of those trials stands Moonshadow Keep, home to a creature he can't explain: a massive black cat with a woman's voice and eyes like violet silver.
Liora Silberlicht offers him a bargain—three years of service for the horse he needs to survive. What she doesn't offer is the truth: she's cursed, and every day she loses a little more of herself. One day soon, she'll transform into a beast and never remember how to change back.
As the months pass and the keep comes alive under Ash's care, the impossible happens. She begins to hope. He begins to matter. And the curse—designed to feed on love, to erase her completely—starts to crack.
But hope has a price. The witch who cursed Liora is coming. And the only way to break the curse is a sacrifice so brutal, it might destroy them both.
A dark romantic fantasy about the boy who was told he was worthless, the woman cursed for her kindness, and the love that refused to be erased.
Perfect for fans of Cruel Beauty, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and anyone who believes love is the most dangerous magic of all.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Used availability for Keith Robertson's The Cat's Curse