The Fox's Tale

Romance, intrigue, and swordplay abound in this grand adventure.

Fleeing a forced marriage, country witch Shayrin and her fox familiar seek their dreams among the acting guilds of the grand city of Avallon. She arrives unprepared for the scope of the city, its dangers and its pleasures. There, small magics and country charm are not enough to secure a lost girl's future.

Last scion of a dying House and captain of the palace guard, Lanner d'Avelian has no time to produce an heir, nor for House rivalries, as the succession approaches. He'd much rather fight bandits and criminals in Avallon's gutters than marry and produce an heir to cement his claim to a throne he does not want.

Valbrand's a famed duelist, lover, and wastrel . . . and the best candidate for the throne, if he could just get his act together. That's not going to happen while rivals threaten his impending marriage with proof of his affair with the city's greatest young actor.

Each has a part to play in the fate of the others, and the future of the city herself. Decadent and dangerous from its highest towers to its darkest alley, Avallon is no place for good girls or honest men.

The Fox's Tale contains explicit adult content.