Gilly's magical mother taught her talented children to run. To hide. To disappear from sight. It was the only way to stay out of the cross hairs of the King's Horsemen, after his royal majesty banned all practice of magic on Ryca.The day her mother, brother and sister are murdered, the lesson becomes ingrained into Gilly's ten-year-old soul. She has one duty left. Keep her last remaining family safe - her baby sister Anna. At all costs.

He's not exactly Prince Charming...Fire shifter Daniel Trenton has only nightmarish memories of his mysterious past. As an orphan, raised on the streets, he does not have much in the way of prospects, but he is fine with that...until he falls in love with the daughter of a duke. Unfortunately, pursuing her would mean her social destruction. So he promises himself to leave her alone for her own good. But when her safety is threatened, Daniel has no choice but to become the hero she so desperately needs.Heiress Faith Rosemary Went always believed she would be given the choice of whom to marry. So why is her father demanding she wed a man she's never met, a man whose family terrifies her? When she resists the match, her prospective bridegroom's family kidnaps her and whisks her away to Gretna Green. Having no one to rely on, Faith sets off to rescue herself before she's ruined, or worse. Luckily, she discovers Daniel is already there...