Some girls are born knowing who they are.
Faye Reid is not one of them.
Raised in the warm, cozy village of Maplebrook by a father who loves her quietly and a mother who has spent twelve years telling everyone else her story before she can tell it herself, Faye has always known she is different. Strange things happen around her. Plants lean toward her hands. Storms arrive when she cries. And the ancient oak at the edge of the village field is unmistakably, impossibly warm.
She has learned to keep secrets. She has learned to keep herself small.
Then a boy named Cade rides into Maplebrook with a limping horse and no intention of staying - and for the first time in her life someone looks at Faye and sees exactly who she is. Not the problem. Not the black sheep. Not her mother's version of her.
Just Faye.
But on the night she discovers a hidden letter in the bottom of a drawer - a letter with her name on it, in handwriting she doesn't recognize - everything she thought she knew about herself begins to unravel.
She is not who she was told she is.
And somewhere in the vast, ancient world of Irongrove, two women who have never met each other are both, quietly, looking for her.
No Crest is the first book in The Irongrove Chronicles - an epic fantasy series about identity, forbidden magic, found courage, and the long road home to yourself.