
Genre:
Fantasy Romance
Themes:
Adventure / Survival
Character with Disability
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
First Love
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Love At First Sight
Magic
Wartime
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Royalty / Aristocrat
Sorcerer / Wizard / Alchemist
Geographic Location:
Fantasy or Fictional Setting
Setting:
Big City / Urban
Boat / Cruise Ship
Forest
Kingdom / Realm
War Zone / Battlefield
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
The Mage and the Monster
The Sisters of Sarras Series, Book 3
By Barbara Ann Wright
Two powerful mages, one committed to magic and one controlled by it, strive to free each other and be together while the countries they serve descend into war.
Gisele del Amanecer’s days look the same from the outside: work, home, and the occasional one-night stand that she hides from her nosy older sisters. But Gisele is a mage, and that means pain invisible to outside eyes. Each act of magic can be agony, but she loves the power, the bond with the unseen, and how only her will keeps the magic from consuming her. She can master any task, including saving her family and homeland from Firellian invaders—until she’s ordered to hunt another mage, one who may be her equal in power and commitment. One she might risk everything for.
Vale has been subjugated her entire life—to the point where she thinks she deserves it, but she is determined to save others from that fate. Magic has been her one bright spot, but now she’s forced to use that power to kill in the name of the Firellian Empire. Escape or rebellion is out of the question unless she can guarantee the safety of her fellow captives, but how can everyone make it out alive while surrounded by enemies? Perhaps with the help of another mage, someone who bonds with magic like Vale does, someone who might want her for herself instead of for her power. But war always demands a sacrifice.