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Every Winter Solstice, the Emerald Kingdom sends the dreaded Ice King a sacrifice—a corrupt soul, a criminal, a deviant, or someone touched by magic. Prince Reardon has always loathed this tradition, partly because he dreams of love with another man instead of a future queen.

Six Deities. Six Kingdoms. Each monarch gifted one of the Maker’s abilities... But one heir is tormented by her power. Tove, the new Queen of Axidoria, inherits a magical gift from the Makers that accidentally casts a frigid winter throughout her kingdom. Unable to control her new abilities, Tove spends most days living with her failure as queen alongside fighting her inner demons. As the bitter cold hardens the public’s opinion of her, Tove is given no choice but to search for a suitable union.

The Fae spirit felt the great ship above it. There was so much love there, so much kinship. All who breathed on the ship had someone in their life that mattered. All, but one. That must be the one that the summoner meant. The spirit swam around the ship and gathered the heartbreak and sorrow from those who had lost. Then, it drew the sadness and pain away, as requested. It swam off, making a vacuum that would be filled with the caring it could sense was there.

When Pax, the last dragon in all the kingdoms, wakes from his centuries-long slumber, he seeks a worthy mortal to gift three scales which will grant three wishes. Once the wishes are complete, he plans to move on and never return to the Gemstone Kingdoms. For now, he craves adventure—and a new partner in his bed. He chooses Bertram, the recently crowned Emerald King.

Created by the alchemist Braxton, Levi was "born" fully grown and spends his early days learning about the monster-filled kingdom he calls home. Even though he is just a construct pieced together from cloned parts, Levi longs to fit in with his mythical neighbors, but more than that, he wishes he could say two words to the Shadow King without stuttering.

Feeling betrayed by his parents' lies about his true lineage, Nemirac embarks on a quest to visit all five Gemstone Kingdoms and drain the stones of their power to ascend as a new being. But until he obtains that magic, he's vulnerable. Enter Janskoller the warrior bard. Janskoller has just returned to the Gemstone Kingdoms, drawn by stories of broken curses and lands open for travel. He doesn't expect a pretty young mage to hire him as a bodyguard, but it's a good gig for a bard—lots of adventure to fuel his stories, and plenty of travel to spread his fame.

Das große Finale der Romantasy-Dilogie rund um mystische Höhlen, alte Indianerlegenden und die geheimnisvolle Macht der Steine. Nells Welt ist ein einziger Scherbenhaufen. Nicht nur, dass Joseph sich immer weiter von ihr entfernt, auch ihre jüngere Schwester Chloe ringt mit dem Tod. Nur das geheimnisvolle Herz des Berges könnte sie noch heilen – doch es scheint für immer erloschen. Während Nell und ihre Freunde um Chloes Leben kämpfen, wird die ganze Welt immer mehr ins Chaos gestürzt, Naturkatastrophen wüten auf allen Landstrichen der Erde.

Der Auftakt einer spannenden Romantasy-Dilogie rund um mystische Höhlen, alte Indianerlegenden und die geheimnisvolle Macht der Steine. Steine und Höhlen haben die 21jährige Nell seit jeher fasziniert. Als sie die Möglichkeit bekommt, den Sommer als Betreuerin im Gemstone Caverns Camp in den Rocky Mountains zu verbringen, ist sie daher mit Begeisterung dabei. Doch bald nach ihrer Ankunft geschehen merkwürdige Dinge. Nell trifft auf Jeremy, der ihr von uralten Indianerlegenden erzählt, und auf Joseph, hinter dessen smaragdgrünen Augen sich mehr als nur ein Mysterium zu verbergen scheint.