In a desperate attempt to save her family from poverty and starvation, an eighteen year old human girl ends up in the army. Briar Archeron was raised to hate and fear faeries, and trained to kill them. From losing the love of her life in a horrific ambush to entering enemy territory to hunt down those who have wronged her. A Court of Vows and Shadows is a story of love and loss, war and vengeance, family and second chances.