Quinn thought she had finally outrun the woman she used to be.
Once a warrior forged into a weapon, she has spent years burying her bloody past in the quiet of a remote village. For the first time, she has something worth protecting-a home, a woman she loves, and a life untouched by the family that made her a killer.
Until they find her.
When tragedy tears everything away, Quinn is left alone once more, with nothing but her blades, her grief, and the brutal instincts she thought she'd buried.
Then she finds a book that shouldn't exist.
Its pages belong to Asher, the primordial of Fate, and they carry an impossible revelation: magic is real, another realm lies hidden beyond her own, and Fate has chosen Quinn as its Champion.
But entrance into Sylvarin must be earned.
Three trials stand between Quinn and a world of ancient magic-trials that will test far more than her skill with a blade. Along the way, she must survive impossible creatures, dangerous bargains, an alluring vampire lord, a primordial whose interest in her extends far beyond destiny, and Oliver-a mysterious man with secrets of his own who seems determined to remain at her side.
The deeper Quinn ventures into the unknown, the more the lines between fate and choice begin to blur. Every answer reveals another secret. Every connection gives her something new to lose.
And the final price of entering Sylvarin may be more than she's willing to pay.
A dark, spicy fantasy of deadly trials, ancient gods, dangerous desires, grief, sacrifice, and a woman discovering that sometimes the hardest thing to survive isn't the monster-it's what comes after.