The Touch of Heaven: Book 1 Fire

Emerelda Valenquist has spent most of her life lying. To protect her self and her family she hides their forbidden faith right underneath the nose of the Tyrant, King Arguis Serpentes. But they were discovered. Her family taken, her father dead, she is forced to flee. But a chance encounter with a strange man leaves her changed, In many ways. As she flees from the long arm of The Viper King she discovers that the most important battles are fought, not with weapons but with hope.