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

The Vandelusian ambassador strolled into the Great Hall flanked by two men walking stiffly on either side of him. Most people took a second to look around the Hall when they entered for the first time. Though the tallest room in the palace, the Hall had no balconies other than tiny platforms on which archers perched. Coloured glass turned the grey floor into a riot of shades and hues which often clashed with the courtiers who invariably showed up whenever Marriette received someone in the Hall.


Chapter 37: Eight of Pentacles