A Fate Inked in BloodA shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power hungry king while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son in this Norse inspired fantasy romance from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series. Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband

only to come face to face with murder and mystery

When Ruth Miller returns a dropped scarf to Elena Shilkov

More than that

with its horrifyingly simple premise

The killer had friends and enemies to spare and left behind a legacy of secrets and lies

Alternatingly whimsical

like nothing I've ever read before' Caz Frear

In this magnificent historical novel

monorail trains flash between mega-cities

his forces destroyed at the battle of Pharsalus in Greece

and thereafter warns Somervile of the danger that the expanding Zulu nation poses to the Cape Colony

He is pursuing the grail