A Warrior at Heart

<p><strong>In this gripping sequel to <em>Iron-Bound Flames</em> Meera faces an obstacle even more powerful than an iron-fisted king: love.</strong></p><p>She did it-she freed Shael and his raek and landed herself alone in a strange land in the process. Now Shael offers to <em>take her</em> and Meera is thrust into a society in which humans are detested and magic is commonplace.</p><p>Finding her new home-and host-more seductive than she could have ever anticipated Meera envisions a future for herself among the raek riders. However after a devastating rejection she realizes she has been distracted-she has forgotten what really matters to her and forsaken her only family: her father.</p><p>Determined to rescue her father from his brutal forced service to the king Meera strikes out on her own. But she soon learns that things-and forests-are not always as they appear and that only a warrior at heart can weather the harshest of storms. Meera may or may not find her father but what-or who-she <em>does</em> find is sure to change her ... forever.</p>