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

Marriette climbed into Baron FitzHalten's coach. Joan watched nervously from the door.


"It is what I came to do." Marriette had hugged the younger woman. "He won't dare try anything to give the King legitimate reason to slap him down. He's within his legal rights, if narrowly interpreted. If I don't speak with him, nothing else I do will matter."


Joan still didn't look convinced. The flutter beneath Marriette's heart suggested she didn't quite believe her own words. Angry men were foolish men. She knew that, but still she made them angry. Marriette set her jaw. They'd have to get used to it, because she wasn't about to stop.


Chapter 72: Visiting A Baron In His Den