Part of Shifters Unbound
First published 2021
Ben has outlasted his entire people. The Fae destroyed his warrior race a thousand years ago, and he has spent every century since in exile, eventually finding a loose home among the Shifters outside New Orleans. He tends a sentient house and steps in when Shifters face trouble no one else can handle. He is useful. He is respected. He is alone. Rianne has a different problem. Her mother is the powerful Lady Aisling, which makes Rianne a prize. A ruthless Fae lord wants to marry her, and that marriage would put him on a path to becoming emperor. Rianne refuses to be a stepping stone. She runs, crossing into the human world and Shiftertown, but she cannot make that crossing without someone who knows both sides of the line. Lady Aisling calls in the biggest favor imaginable. She asks Ben to escort Rianne, shield her, and keep her alive, even though doing so puts Ben directly in the path of the Fae he has spent a millennium avoiding. Rianne does not trust a stranger with her life. But the human world surprises her, the Shifters surprise her, and Ben surprises her most of all.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, romantic, suspenseful
Tropes: bodyguard-romance, enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, forced-proximity, found-family
Setting: New Orleans, Shiftertown, Fae realm
330 pages · Kindle Edition · JA / AG Publishing