This is the Prequel to Shadow Weaver. It can be read as a stand-alone, but if you plan on reading Shadow Weaver, you shouldn't read this first!! Despised by his father, shunned by the royal court, Prince Jakut's only desire is to leave the palace and join the Elite Commanders. But his father, the King, will go to any lengths to stop his distrusted son and crush Jakut's spirit. The King's efforts are thwarted by the arrival to the palace of the mysterious Lady Calmi.

Family - the most important thing in the world, right? If it's your own, maybe. But if it's the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you've been conducting a secret office affair, and they don't yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents' palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever. Volume four of the award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.