The Fairer Hex
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“I can’t believe you kept a secret like that from me! I could’ve prepared for it.”
“How could you prepare?” She looked down, not even glancing at the gardens we passed as we hiked up the cobblestone path. Mom usually noticed every blooming flower in everyone’s yard. “There was nothing to be done until you were ready. I worried it would only make your years here harder. You would be frightened on one hand, and anxious to go on the other. I know you. You miss seeing the world. Now, if all of this works out, many more people will be able to see the world again. We wouldn’t have to live in fear behind walls…”
“And you trust this guy?” I jabbed a thumb back toward Sir Forrest.
“He is your guardian,” she said. “He showed me his sigil. He is bound by fate to protect you, no matter what. And you have the ability to heal him and lend him strength.”
“I do?”
“Read the book,” she said, with a heavy sigh, and gave the book back to me.
It didn’t take a genius to guess that the “Trine” had something to do with lending strength to my guardians. I quickly glanced back at my first guardian. He shielded his beautiful eyes with one broad hand as he looked up to note the position of the sun. You can call me Sir Forrest, now that we’re about to be intimately acquainted, like it or not.
Intimately acquainted. Like it or not.
I had two voices in my head. One was freaking out, and the other one was like, Girl, let’s do this…
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More Romantic Fantasy from Lidiya!
A Witch Among Warlocks
Prequel: The Wild-Eyed Boys (Available in the Shifting Destiny anthology)
Book One: The Fairer Hex
Book Two: Boys Over Powers
Guardians of Sky and Shadow
Book One: Priestess Awakened
Book Two: Priestess Bound
Book Three: Priestess Unleashed
Also available in audio!
Kingdoms of Sky and Shadow
Book One: The Glass Princess
Book Two: The Shadowed Crown
Book Three: The Crystal Queen
Brides of the Sinistral Realms
(Reverse harem paranormal romance)
Book One: Tempted by Demons
Book Two: Captured by Dragons
Book Three: Guarded by Wolves (Coming soon!)
Fairy Tale Heat
Every book is standalone and can be read in any order, although some characters might pop up in later books!
Book One: Beauty and the Goblin King
Book Two: These Wicked Revels (A retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses)
Book Three: Rapunzel and the Dark Prince
Book Four: The Beggar Princess (A retelling of King Thrushbeard)
Book Five: The Goblin Cinderella
Book Six: The Mermaid Bride
Book Seven: Tasting Gretel
Book Eight: Taming Red Riding Hood
Queen of the Sun Palace (Darker romance set in the Fairy Tale Heat universe)
Book One: Prisoner of Silk
Book Two: Prisoner of Mirrors
Book Three: Prisoner of Dreams
About the Author
Lidiya Foxglove spends most of her time writing, drinking hot cocoa, messing around on the internet, and drinking tea, before reading about 15 pages of any manga with lots of pretty boys in it, and then falling asleep. Sometimes she also does yoga and gardens, but not as often as she claims.
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