• Book #3 in the MMF #Lyonesse trilogy
4.5 Stars
I think it’s important that you know this about me, that you understand
this: I’m not sorry.
I’d do it again.
After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose,
my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him.
He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his
hands? Then I would bathe in it.
But Tristan and Isolde changed everything. I hadn’t counted on wanting
them, needing them; I hadn’t counted on how it felt to watch the two of them
fall in love. I’d thought I had everything under control—I’d thought I was safe
from my own long-dead heart. I’d never imagined that the wronged husband, the
jealous king from my childhood fairy tales, would be played by none other than
me.
It no longer matters what I used to believe. My enemy is ready to finish
the game, and for the first time in eight years, I have pieces on the board I
can’t afford to lose. I’ll burn the entire world to keep Tristan and Isolde
safe, I’ll scorch the earth—but as any good assassin will tell you, fire will
only get a man so far, because there’s always something left in the ashes. And
for the three of us, it’s the cold, bitter bones of the truth: their story
begins and ends with me.
And every story needs a villain…
Mark knows where they are at all times, obviously. And he can't help 'visiting' them - without them knowing.
Back home in D.C. things have to look as if the 'affair' is over. They all need to survive until Isolde's uncle can be stopped - so they send Tristan to work in Montreal for a bit.
Sierra is a voracious reader of all things including the smuttiest smut, young adult, piles of non-fiction for research, and everything Bill Bryson (especially on audio).
She loves writing the dirtiest things that she can think of, King Arthur, sparkling water, Tarot, coffee, leggings, and learning new words daily.
Her previous jobs have included firing ceramics, teaching living history lessons in one-room school house in full, 1904-approved school marm attire, and working as a librarian for several years—not in that order
She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, two children, and two giant dogs. (And two cats, but they're so naughty we don't talk about them.)
