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Palace of Sunderland. Paradise to the peasants. Prison to sixteen-year-old Anna, daughter of the king. She can never escape the castle's cold walls and scorning disapproval of her father and his brute royal counsel, Seamus. She'll always live in the shadow of her late mother, the queen. Will they ever see her for who she really is?A riding accident lands Anna in the hands of traders who sell her as a slave in distant Kasdod to none other than her father's enemy, Lord Anwar. After overhearing a dangerous plot to conquer Sunderland and kill the royal family, Anna must escape and warn her father, even if it means facing her greatest enemy.With the doom looming over her, Anna is approached by a dangerous man in the dark. He claims to want to help her, but can she trust him with her secrets? The perils of the journey ahead will push Anna to the limit and answer the one question that has always plagued her...Will she ever be enough?

A strong female comes of age in a dark time.Princess Anna is left to rule Sunderland when her father, brother and presumed fiancé Jack ride to battle the devouring creatures in Jack's home kingdom of Oclen. She must establish herself as a strong leader with the Sunderland council and a neighboring king who brings along two handsome princes to negotiate an alliance. Trouble erupts when pillaging marauders attack outlying Sunderland villages, causing the council to lose confidence in Anna's leadership. As Anna waits in trepidation for word from her father's army, all she hears is silence. Her scouts never return. When the reports of a coming horror reach Anna, she forges an unlikely alliance and reverses her father's long-standing policies against gems of power. She trains Sunderland's remaining soldiers to fight with gems. She'll lead them to battle in a brave attempt to rescue her family, the army, and the one she loves.But first she must survive the treachery brewing in her own court.Find adventure and swashbuckling romance in book two of the thrilling young adult epic fantasy series, Gems of Fire!

A homeless prince, a grueling mission, an unlikely hope When unspeakable tragedy strikes Prince Jack's family, he's left with one desire: vengeance. Now living in exile and serving a foreign king, Jack perfects his talent with the sword. He's sent to the desert for assassin training, dreaming of someday driving a dagger into that traitor Ingvar's heart. Jack plunges into his training and finds a new family of sorts, whose morally gray members rid the city of vile criminals. But as the desert Lord Anwar readies for battle, allegiances shatter, blood runs in the streets, and the shadow of death looms near. During a last effort to complete his impossible mission, Jack chances upon a slave girl with a Northern accent and eyes so familiar that he makes a hasty vow. He always thought he'd defeat his nightmares by becoming one. Could that nightmare fade into a new dream? And could that strange slave girl be at the heart of it all?