The Eisteddfod Chronicles

Sex. Politics. Swords. A winning combination. But not if you’re the Heir…

Deor is doing what she can to learn Winter Court politics, starting with a delightfully sexy affair with Rafe, the king’s recently un-fianced right hand man. Fun and excitement with no strings attached. What could be better?

When the king announces a Royal Tournament only a few months away, Deor knows it’s an irrational, stupid, expensive idea, but she can’t help but be a little bit excited, too. She’s sure that Rafe will look good on a horse, sword in hand. Rafe, too, delights in the idea that he might pin Deor’s sleeve to his armor and fight for his lady.

Besides, no one knows that they’re having an affair.

But the king’s irrationality is spinning out of control as the Winter Court faces military threats from the Summer Court, failing crops, and an increasingly rebellious population. Unwilling or unable to face the truth about his rule, the king lashes out at all around him, especially his heir.

Rafe and Deor aren’t the only ones who know the nation is in trouble. The palace itself confides in Deor, begging her to save it, and the kingdom, from her father’s narcissistic reign. Staying quiet won’t help, and speaking up might get her killed. And if the king finds out about the affair, well, Deor might find out what the Tower of London looks like from the inside.

She never wanted to be a Faerie Princess.

Deor Smithfield just wanted to find her dad, get him to acknowledge her so the magic in her blood wouldn’t run wild and kill her, then go home to her career and forget about her faerie side forever. Well, two out of three might not be so bad, right?

But when your father is the King of the Winter Court, and you’re the real heir to the throne, things go from strange to complicated really fast.

Now Deor finds herself embroiled in court politics, societal power struggles, threats from rival kingdoms, betrayal from allies both outside and in, and at least one plot to overthrow her father and seize the throne. Sometimes it feels like the only good thing in this whole magic kingdom is her dog.

Oh yeah, and in the midst of the chaos, she has to get her magic under control, keep her temper in check, and and stomp out her attraction to Rafe, the maddening and handsome former heir, or else she'll start a civil war.

Winter’s Heir is the second book in the critically-acclaimed Eisteddfod Chronicles, which began with Changeling’s Fall.

Her Faerie Tale is getting awfully grim.

Deor Smithfield had it all figured out. She had a great education, a new job teaching at a good university, and a plan to move across the country to start her new life.

Then her body betrayed her, and she seemed to be falling prey to the same wasting sickness that killed her mother. When medical science failed her in spectacular fashion, Deor's grandmother told her that her long-lost father was more than just another deadbeat dad - he was a faerie, and she's a Changeling, half-human, half-fae.

Now Deor has to rush to Faerie in search of her missing father before his magical parting gift kills her. She's in a new world with no friends, no money, no job, and only a few days to find her disappearing daddy before she's kicked back out into the mundane world to die.

Oh yeah, and somebody's hunting Changelings in Faerie.

Changeling's Fall is the first volume of the Eisteddfod Chronicles, the stunning debut contemporary high fantasy series from Sarah Joy Adams and Emily Lavin Leverett.