Paladin's Prize

by Gaelen Foley

  THE LOST HEIR

  (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1)

  The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1:

  THE LOST HEIR

  Strange new talents…

  Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he’s started seeing ghosts and can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him, and Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret of who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family with magical powers.

  But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends—both human and magical—to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found…

  “A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria’s England.” ~The Reading Café

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  About the Author

  Noted for her “complex, subtly shaded characters, richly sensual love scenes, and elegantly fluid prose” (Booklist), Gaelen Foley is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty historical romances from Random House/Ballantine and HarperCollins. Her award-winning novels are available worldwide in seventeen languages, with millions of copies sold. Gaelen holds a BA in English Literature and lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Eric, with whom she also co-writes family-friendly “PG-Rated” fantasy adventure novels for kids and adults under the penname E.G. Foley. (Book one in their Gryphon Chronicles series, The Lost Heir, has been optioned for a movie!)

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  Also By Gaelen Foley

  The Ascension Trilogy

  The Pirate Prince

  Princess

  Prince Charming

  Knight Miscellany

  The Duke

  Lord of Fire

  Lord of Ice

  Lady of Desire

  Devil Takes a Bride

  One Night of Sin

  His Wicked Kiss

  The Spice Trilogy

  Her Only Desire

  Her Secret Fantasy

  Her Every Pleasure

  The Inferno Club

  My Wicked Marquess

  My Dangerous Duke

  My Irresistible Earl

  My Ruthless Prince

  My Scandalous Viscount

  My Notorious Gentleman

  The Secrets of a Scoundrel

  Gryphon Chronicles

  (Writing as E.G. Foley)

  The Lost Heir

  Jake & the Giant

  The Dark Portal

  The Gingerbread Wars

  Rise of Allies

  50 States of Fear

  (Writing as E.G. Foley)

  The Haunted Plantation (Alabama)

  Leader of the Pack (Colorado)

  Bringing Home Bigfoot (Arkansas)

  The Dork and the Deathray (Alaska)

  Anthologies

  Royal Weddings

  Royal Bridesmaids

  Credits and Copyright

  Paladin’s Prize (Age of Heroes, Book 1)

  Copyright © 2015 by Gaelen Foley. All Rights Reserved.

  Cover Illustration and Layout by Isis Sousa – www.helheimendesign.no

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, recorded, or stored in any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations for review purposes.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.