On the Edge

336 pages · First published 2009

Rose Drayton lives in the Edge, a dangerous borderland between the ordinary world of the Broken and the magical aristocracy of the Weird. Despite possessing an unusually powerful form of magic, she struggles to make ends meet while raising her two younger brothers, Georgie and Jack, after their mother's death and their father's abandonment. Her abilities have made her a target for men seeking to exploit her power, so when handsome blueblood noble Declan Camarine arrives determined to marry her, Rose wants nothing to do with him. Declan offers her a bargain: if he can complete three challenges of her choosing, she must agree to accompany him to the Weird, but if he fails, he will leave forever. Before Rose can find a way to defeat his challenge, terrifying creatures begin attacking the Edge, forcing her to join forces with the infuriating nobleman to protect her family and neighbors. Blending dangerous magic, sharp humor, passionate romance, and a fiercely protective heroine, this urban fantasy is ideal for readers who enjoy class-crossing romances, magical borderlands, unconventional courtship, and families fighting to survive against extraordinary odds.

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One explicit on-page sex scene between consenting adults, along with passionate kissing, sexual attraction, and romantic intimacy. Sexual harassment, unwanted advances, attempted kidnapping and exploitation of a woman's reproductive abilities, and coercive expectations surrounding marriage. Fantasy violence involving firearms, crossbows, swords, destructive magic, violent creature attacks, blood, serious injuries, and deaths. Threats to children, murder, frightening predatory creatures, and some graphic injury descriptions. Necromancy, reanimated corpses, and disturbing undead imagery, including a resurrected character killing stray dogs and eating their brains. Animal deaths and cruelty. Parental death and abandonment, grief, poverty, family instability, bullying, sexism, and class discrimination. Alcohol use, including drunkenness, and profanity.

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Three challenges stand between Rose and an unwanted marriage proposal, and this spirited espresso martini is a fitting companion to her determination to outwit Declan while keeping her family together.

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