In the shadow of ancient Ruskan forests, where old magic still whispers, a servant girl will risk everything to save the nobleman’s son who dared to love her.
Born of the forest with strength no human should possess, Vasilisa has learned to hide what she is. Only Staver—the master’s gentle son—sees the person beneath the fear.
Their love is forbidden. Servants cannot marry nobles. But Staver forsakes his inheritance to find a way, and for one beautiful year, they exchange letters and plan their future.
Then the Scythian army invades.
Vasilisa returns to find Staver barely clinging to life. To become his healer and protector, she must embrace the trickery and power her frightening bloodline grants—even if the truth of what she is drives him away forever.
She’s always known she was different. She never knew why—until saving the man she loves demands she become the very thing she’s always feared.
A lush retelling of Russian folklore where Cinderella saves the prince.
“A rich, beautiful story that feels like historical fiction set in medieval Russia with strong flavors of old fairytale magic and romance.” – Katy Huth Jones
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