Shadows of the Nightwood - Paperback

by Harper Isles (Author)

Hiding in plain sight has been Aurelia Brooke's whole life. Despite her profession being banned by the Children of the Celestial Mothers, Aurelia covertly provides the oppressed women of Shadow's Gate with choice, using her magical abilities surreptitiously. An act that is punishable by death. In the shadows of the Nightwood, she saves an injured fae man who remembers nothing of who he is or where he came from-whose existence breaches the walls of her guarded heart.

When a vengeful ex-lover reveals Aurelia's secret, the Children of the Celestial Mothers descend upon her cottage, determined to string her up with the other women hanging from the village gate. Aurelia and her new fae companion, Forrest, escape to the Nightwood, where they pass through a portal into the fae realm. The Crystal Isle is ethereal and vibrant, but it also has many dark secrets.

Aurelia soon discovers that the fae and humans of the Citrine Court live in a tenuous coexistence, built upon a deeply unsettling centuries-old arrangement. When Aurelia questions the court's authoritarian rule over its human subjects, it turns her from an unwelcome guest into a threat to the order and safety of the Citrine Court. As she struggles to navigate this new realm and the shifting dynamics of her relationship with Forrest, Aurelia must test the limits of her love and magic to survive.