Embrace of the Shade
Part 1 of The Berylian Key

Amarie’s legendary magic could incinerate her enemies, but it’s her sword she trusts.While running from the men who killed her family, she learns of an ancient text locked within the Great Library that might be the final key to understanding her curse. During the daring theft, a stranger inserts himself into her scheme. Kin’s roguish good looks and boundless charm threaten to distract her, but she has no intention of landing in the city jail.Kin’s life, riddled with shadows and death, is as dark as his soul.He embraces his power, given by a wicked master, but then he meets Amarie … She shatters the walls he’s built, piercing his solitude with vibrant light. But if she learns he hunts the power cursing her family, he will lose her forever.Trusting him could risk her heart and her life, but it might be the only way to destroy the world’s most sinister evil. Unless Kin’s master finds her first …