Lovely is no longer a captive—she’s a guest.Taken into the shadowed sanctuary of Baaz’el’s estate, she finds herself in the presence of a man who sees the world as a gallery of rare, broken things. The Vein King doesn’t demand obedience—he cultivates it. With eerie calm and unexpected gentleness, he begins to guide Lovely toward the truth of who she is.But outside his walls, chaos builds. Dariel has gone rogue. The battle for power rages. And time is running out.As Lovely begins to awaken to her full nature, she must decide what role she will play in the war to come—creation or destruction, weapon or woman.
Hanna C. Howard lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with the love of her life, where she divides her time between writing, tea-drinking, caring for her three young hobbit children, and puttering in her rambling cottage garden. Her favorite books are fantasies with a classic, fairy tale sheen, and while she loves a quirky or dramatic tale, she also requires a happy ending-- so you can be sure all her books will have one.