Set in an engrossing, fully realized fantasy world, ALOREN is a romantic, young adult retelling of the classic fairy tale The Six Swans. Reyna Lauriad is a Gralde--her spirit grows from the ground in the form of a flower. She and her four brothers have been taught the risks associated with touching, even looking upon their birthflowers: strange maladies, potential madness. But when Reyna's brothers are bound by a deadly curse, she is forced to do the unthinkable: in order to break the curse she must pull her birthflowers from the ground.

Lorila--where the Ravyir rules with an iron fist, nobles dance and scheme, and serfs bolt their doors against flesh-eating faeries and mad witches. Sarid, disgraced countess, is content with her raggedy clothes and spellbooks. Until she meets Rischa, a comely charmer who knows nothing of her faerie blood and family history. He's the Ravyir's nephew, and she fears he'll discover her darkest secret--that she drove his brother mad. Rischa is a womanizer, an Eliav, and his grandfather ruined Sarid's family. Despite this, she finds herself growing attached to him. Dangerously attached. Caught...

Abducted fifteen years ago and raised by his father's enemies, Demyan Eliav has finally uncovered his true identity: Crown Prince of Lorila. He scarcely has time to recover from the news before he's stabbed by a revolutionary, abducted by a smuggler, and imprisoned by a lord who has designs on the throne. Eliav thinks it's all over for him. Until his cousin appears in his cell, offering to assume his Identity and take his place. Eliav accepts--he has little choice--and finds himself in a strange city, surrounded by political dissidents. For his own safety he adopts a dangerous disguise:...