Piercing the Thornveil

A curse meant to save. A princess who doesn’t need a rescue. A slave made prince.

Half-elf Evany has guarded the sleeping kingdom for centuries, growing the thorny hedge that protects them from the outside world and its chaotic politics. Alone, she searches desperately for a cure to save her adoptive family and their people.

Lyron is accustomed to being used for his magic. Able to find anything anywhere in the world, he's been sold from master to master since childhood and traveled the world over, finally being purchased by a calculating emperor. When an oracle says a prince of the empire must save the sleeping princess or the empire will fall, Lyron is sent on a quest he never expected: find a way through the Thornveil and wed a legend.

When Lyron locates Evany, he believes that he's found his princess. But she refuses to be rescued. Evany believes he's nothing but a foreign prince after a bride, and she can't let him ruin centuries of research.

If he discovers the truth behind the curse, her entire kingdom could perish. But if he fails in his quest, disaster awaits the whole empire.

Piercing the Thornveil is one of eleven novels in the INTO THE ENCHANTED series—a standalone collection of no-spice fairytale retellings where magic-born heroines discover their happily ever after. Brimming with magic, mystery, twists, and swoon-worthy moments, these full-length novels can be enjoyed in any order.