Mate of the Phoenix

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)><em>She trained to protect her people. Fate gave her a mate worth burning for.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Holera Glowbrook has always lived by discipline. Since her father's death she has poured herself into warrior training determined to fulfill her destiny as one of Aegricia's rare phoenix shifters-protector of her people guardian of the portal between realms.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Love was never part of her plan.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Until a night at the tavern changes everything. There Holera meets the one male who can break through her walls-just as danger erupts with her general her best friend and a band of barbarians who may bring Aegricia to its knees.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Caught between the fire of duty and the fire of a mate bond Holera must decide if opening her heart will make her stronger...or leave her vulnerable to enemies who would tear it apart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Mate of the Phoenix is a prequel novella in the Crown of the Phoenix series revealing the fierce heart and fiery beginning of Holera's story.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Trigger Warning</p><p>There are mature themes throughout this book and it is not intended for readers under 17 years of age.</p><p>The following themes are explored in Mate of the Phoenix: Graphic (consensual) sexual content captivity slavery abduction vulgar language and murder.</p>