The Sorceress Queen and the Pirate Rogue

Book Two in the adult fantasy romance adventure series from award-winning bestselling author Jeffe Kennedy. Follows the prequel novella The Long Night of the Crystalline Moon in the Under a Winter Sky romantic fantasy holiday anthology and Book One of Heirs of Magic The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince.A Lonely RoadStella has always been one to count her blessings. Empath sorceress shapeshifter and healer shes grateful for the gifts the goddess of shadows has bestowed upon her. Yes shes sensitive to emotions and cant bear to be in large crowds for long. And yes that means shell never be able to take a lover as shes unable to withstand physical contact with anyone but her twin brother. Certainly now that hes found his true love she feels more alone than ever. None of it haunts her however more than the vision of the lonely tower where her life path ends. An Unrequited LoveJakral Konyngrr is a man of simple tastes: good whiskey some coin in his pocket and a fine blade in his hand. Though hes no prince not a shapeshifter and not blessed with any magic hes happy in his skin. And yet he seems doomed to live the life of a hero from a tragic ballad because the only woman hes ever wanted barely knows hes alive. As much as Jak longs for Stella hes resigned himself to being forever in the background. At least he can guard her back. A Quest to Stop a MonsterBut now Jak and Stella have been thrown together-along with a mismatched group of shifters warriors and sorceress friends-chasing and attempting to avert magic rifts that release monsters into their world. Worse the strange intelligence behind the bizarre and deadly attacks seems to have developed a fascination for Stella. Battling for their lives and the good of the realm they must fight-and perhaps love-together to alter the course of the future before its too late.