Desire is the plague that rules the heart. All her life Alliar was taught to be one thing, a princess. She was raised to curtsey, taught the wonders of the world and constantly reminded of her duty to her people. But what good is a princess without a crown? With the quick and ruthless destruction of her Kingdom Alliar soon finds herself trapped in troubling times where she is made to forsake the crown she once wore and cage in her pride, leaving her at the mercy of the Reaper King. Faced with her immediate death Alliar must adapt or die but with her proud up bringing threatening her life, can she set aside her pride in order to survive? Or will she find herself as simply another victim of war?

Samantha wishes she were someone else. Anastasia, to be exact. Anastasia doesn't sit in the corner and read because she's too shy to talk to anyone. She doesn't keep trying and failing. Anastasia slays dragons. Of course, Anastasia is only a character in Samantha's story. That's what Sam does, she writes. She writes to keep the monsters at bay. She creates new worlds to escape into. And she writes to block out the cranky ramblings of her jilted father, who refuses to acknowledge the woman that ran out on them years ago. But Samantha finds herself thrown into a not so magical adventure when she discovers her long lost mother has been in town all along. She has questions that need answering, and a few arrow- accusations... she'd like to sling. But there are obstacles to storming the castle, her father for one. Either Samantha makes this her happily ever after, or it all ends in tears... Either way, the story is about to change.