Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Not all devils come from Hell.

Marriette wants to escape her father, accepting an arranged marriage to a cripple, never expecting to find someone she could love.

Zeb is trapped in a weak human body forced to do the will of the mage who summoned him. The cost of his defiance is pain and destruction to all around him.

She sets out to change the Kingdom. If the mage gets his way, Zeb will destroy it.

The Belandria Tarot

King Harald of Belandria watched the young woman as she floated out of the room.


"There is nothing wrong with wanting to change the world," Sarandia said. She winked at him and Harald felt the rush of desire he always did in her presence. It didn't matter that she was several years his senior, or that they were a political match, after five years, he was still crazy in love with his queen.


"Change is dangerous." He picked up another sweet from the tray he had forgotten to put out for their guest. Sarandia would make him pay for it later. She was a stickler for hospitality. Harald imagined Marriette eating the sweets as obliviously as she drank the tea. He thought of something Sarandia told him once and choked on the sweet.


"Serves you right," the queen said, "you should have put the tray out for Marrisa."


Chapter 22: King Of Wands