Lily Of The Mountain
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Last published Mon, Mar 30, 2020
A Fey Lord runs away with his surly but dependable butler to pursue a life of peace and leisure far away from the demands of his own world. In the mortal realm, he creates an enchanted castle just above a sleepy human village. Where he accidentally makes an angry human orphan, named for a toxic flower, his vassal.
With a plotting half-brother, a telepathic ex-fiance, feral pixies and the unexpected duties of fatherhood to contend with, what could possibly go wrong?
Set as a prequel to The Blinking Sky, but can be read separately.
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