The Belle and the Blackbird

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She'll break his heart to save it.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sink into this alluring tale of a reclusive pubkeep and the dazzling unattainable noble whose life is wrapped in a deadly mystery he can't resist solving.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anastazja's cruel rejection leaves Tyreste shattered and clinging to desperate solitude. Oblivious to the malevolence that waits for her every night when she returns home he finds it easier to believe she never loved him than to explore his fear that she's in serious trouble.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Behind the veil of Ana's seemingly charmed life an ancient evil stalks her family's revered halls. Her cunning stepmother wields terrible threats against Ana's loved ones to coerce her into assisting in horrifying experiments against the Ravenwood priests and priestesses longtime allies of Ana's family.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tyr's love for Ana remains steadfast despite her abrupt departure from his life. To distract himself from his heartbreak he immerses himself in work translating a series of mysterious and chilling letters only to find himself entangled in a harrowing mystery spanning generations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A mystery that revolves around Ana's family.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The very same one consuming-and destroying-Ana piece by piece.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For years she has fought this war alone exhausting all her resources against the wicked witch who holds her family hostage. She's out of tactics and more importantly time.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As the end draws near she realizes the key to ending the witch's reign of terror might lie with the tavern boy who stole her heart. Her solitary light in endless years of darkness.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only together can Anastazja and Tyreste end the terror that has gripped the north and the Ravenwoods for centuries.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The Belle and the Blackbird</em> is a forbidden love fantasy romance Snow White & Rose Red retelling featuring Tyreste and Anastazja characters first introduced in <em>The Altruist and the Assassin</em>. It is the second story in the Guardians Cycle of The Book of All Things but can also be enjoyed as a standalone.</strong></p>