A Girl of White Winter

Kara as a ward with no parentage and no future has been raised knowing nothing outside her ladys chambers. Until Royce Capello a visiting nobleman is struck by her ice-pale looks and demands her as payment for the land the family needs.<P>With barely time to protest Kara is sold and packed off for a life as a concubineuntil a raiding party descends on Royces company and shes kidnapped for the second time in as many days. <P>Whatever happens Kara will be alone in the world inexperienced and fearing even the vast unfamiliar sky. But one raider gives her a choiceand a magic mirror appears to show her where each path will lead<P>~She can leave with her protector Raven and journey with his performing troupe competing for his mercurial affections. <P>~She can flee the raiders settlement and return to Royces manor chattel among devious nobility. <P>~Or she can stay in the settlement bound to firm silent Caine who is as gentle as he is staid and inscrutable. <P>Her fates twist and turn to affect far more than she could have guessed tangling the bitter with the sweetand Kara must choose which consequences she can live with<P><b>A Girl Of White Winter</b><P><i>New York Times </i> bestselling author Barb Hendee reveals a hidden world where the twists and turns of one womans path will be determined by a crucial choice . . .