When the Blood Tide Beckons
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For generations the Delmare family have been renowned healers in their small coastal village in the Kingdom of Alaria. Rhea Delmare's quiet life of a midwife and heir to her father's apothecary all comes to a tragic and sudden end when a mysterious outbreak reaches her village. In a night of violence and loss, Rhea is torn apart from all she has ever known and forced into the deadly and infamous Alarian Bride Trade alongside her sisters. Leagues away from her family, Rhea is sold to be the bride of an unsuspecting savior, the pirate Captain Varic. On a mission of his own, Varic seeks the cure for the blight upon Alaria in hopes to reap the King's reward. A reward that promises the cure bringer riches beyond measure.
In a desperate attempt to reunite with her family, Rhea strikes a dangerous deal with Varic. Her knowledge of the mysterious blight, in exchange for protection and safe passage home. A deal that might alter the course of her life forever.
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