Burning Key
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(Book 2 in the Of Darkness and Light Trilogy)
A princess wrestling with the sting of betrayal.
A queen grappling to connect with her past.
An assassin gripping onto a glimmer of hope.
And a sorceress whose curiosity will forever change her world.
Four females, four fates intertwined by time and magic, both light and dark.
And one death god who will do anything to rip his way through worlds to get to them.
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