Solace of Dusk

Those who play with prophecies will get burned...23-year-old Undesirable, Durvla Garrick, has a dangerous secret. Being both deaf and having a chronic ailment, her very existence is treasonous. So, when the queen's mercenaries accuse her of stealing a dress, she comes quietly-better to be arrested for her knitting skills than her illness.Under the watchful eye of the broody royal guard, Tiernan Kilkenny-the embodiment of the very people she's spent her life hiding from-Durvla is appointed dressmaker to the princess. But castle life isn't quite what she expected, and nor is its staff...With the Queen dying, Princess Carys Meredyth fa Rhodri is reluctant to inherit the throne of a broken Kingdom when she feels so broken herself. Magic has been outlawed for a millennium-so why are her memories filled with whispers of enchantment?When Carys finds a book that only she can read, more questions unravel. Are the fairytales that have provided her comfort since childhood really only stories? Or has the truth been right there all along?