*COMPLETED NOVEL*
Laura Remington is woman beyond her time. The daughter of the town Mayor, Laura could have been the wife of a nobleman. Instead, she chose to study the arts of midwifery. She's saved countless lives in her years but now, when her father mysteriously disappears, Laura pretends he is too ill to be out and among the townspoeple to avoid chaos in the little town. She looks to the King, a family friend, for help. Suddenly the town turns on her claiming witchcraft and she is to be burned at the stake.
Donovan Bentham is a God. Or so he believes. Acting as king of the "Magic Bearers" he is acquiring new territory to house the growing numbers of magical people who are fleeing from the King for their lives. An impending war between the humans, and magic bearers keeps him busy. When he finally intends on crushing the township of Dragandria, his childhood home, he feels fantastic. The Mayor, who tossed him out as a child, into the wilderness, alone, for no more than having magic, is now held captive in his dungeons. Everything went perfectly, until he spots an unconscious woman tied to a burning stake. When her eyes open he recognizes her as his only childhood friend. The tiny girl who gave him a fur blanket and food, when no one else would, and had unknowingly saved his life.
He hopes to rescue her and keep her for himself but Laura is fiercely independent and wants nothing to do with being a kept woman by a man that struts around as a pompous monster. Donovan, now a King to his people, is used to getting what he wants, and keeping it. But can he keep the human woman, the enemy of his people? What will she do when she discovers who he really is and who he is holding captive floors below her?
Is all fair in love and war? Donovan will find out.
