Kirjahaku

One would think a damsel in distress would be in less distress after she's rescued. But that all depends on who rescues her.Elysia, princess of the light elves, is only allowed outside after nightfall once a year, and for good reason; dark forces rule the night, and this year, a grim surprise awaits her after the Harvest Sunset.A foul host of goblins snatches Elysia from her escort and drags her away, blighting her with an ailment that will take her life within a week. When a mysterious elf comes to her rescue, promising an antidote, Elysia has no choice but to put her hope in him-even after he reveals that this antidote comes in the hands of creatures far worse than goblins, creatures the princess fears above all others: the dark elves.Swept up in her rescuer's schemes, Elysia is plunged into the heart of dark elven territory, where she learns a horrifying secret about her kingdom's adversaries.

Sometimes true love's kiss doesn't break the curse.After a failed attempt at robbing Lord Dreygard, domiseer of Chanterey, Nils tries to flee from his manor and instead ends up running straight into Raeya, the domiseer's daughter. In a desperate attempt to keep her quiet, Nils kisses her, but the guards find him anyway and he's sentenced to death. Only Raeya's intervention saves his life when she halts his execution with a baffling announcement. She bears a curse, and any man who kisses her dies, save one: her true love.Which is apparently...Nils?Now Raeya wants to marry him, Lord Dreygard wants to kill him, and all Nils wants is to escape the whole mess and return to his original plan.He'd broken into that manor on far more than a thief's errand. Nils knows Lord Dreygard's secret, and he's out to prove that the man is a traitor to the crown, and worse, a spellweaver.