Description de l’éditeur
From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin.
Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey. She spends her days forging iron and her evenings studying the Text, all in preparation of becoming an acolyte. Twenty-one years on this earth and she has never touched a man. And she never will.
But when she finds an injured stranger in the forest, Brielle can’t resist the urge to help him. The encounter leads her to the realm of Under, where the air breathes rot, and the fair folk dance and whisper. Where she discovers that the man she helped is actually a god: Zephyrus, the West Wind, Bringer of Spring.
There are few Brielle can trust in Under, least of all Zephyrus. He is charming, dangerously so, and never has a man so thoroughly ensnared her. As she embarks on a journey through the eerie banks and caves of Under, Brielle finds herself in a perilous situation. For here is where faith and heart collide – and where she risks not only her future… but her life.
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Magic and myth collide with faith and fate in Warwick's luxuriously imagined and immersive second Four Winds romantasy (after The North Wind). A skilled bladesmith and devout novitiate in service to the Father at Thornbrook Abbey, 21-year-old Brielle has lived almost half her life there, though she's never quite fit in. Her simple life is irrevocably changed when she comes upon an injured man in the woods. The decision to save him takes her deep into the land called Under, the domain of the fair folk, and leads her to question everything she thought she knew. It turns out the man is Zephyrus, a god from another dimension known for his selfishness. When Brielle sets out on a quest with her tormentor from the Abbey, Zephyrus tags along, ostensibly to repay her for saving his life. Her attraction to him is intense, but acting on it would mean forsaking the god to whom she's dedicated her life. The well-shaded characters brim with nuances accentuated in sharp dialogue. Brielle's introspection, particularly as it relates to her faith, is as exquisitely detailed as the romantic and fantasy elements. Drawing from Greek myth and the Scottish legend of Tam Lin, this intricate fairy tale enchants.
