Fair Haven

by Wendy Palmer

Editions:ePub

ISBN: 978-0-9874511-6-3

Paperback

ISBN: 978-1-7637115-0-1

Stronghold Fair Haven by the Sea is a beacon in a sometimes harsh world, open to all and deliberately, stubbornly kind. It also holds the honour and responsibility of hosting an atelier, a workshop for the rare and highly-prized magical engineers known as Mancers.

Hazel lives a comfortable, contented life in Stronghold Haven as a member of the team of elite bodyguards protecting the resident Mancer. But when another Mancer comes knocking on Haven's door to plead for refuge from the stronghold zhey've just escaped, zhey bring the looming threat of invasion in zheir wake.

Ash is disruptive to Hazel's peaceful routine in more ways than just that: to his own surprise, he's hopelessly attracted to the prickly, secretive Mancer.

This might be the start of something precious...or the end of everything he holds dear.

Published: November 5, 2023
Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - High & Other World, Historical, Historical - Medieval

Tags:

author - australian, format - book, format - novel >100K, format - paperback, potential trigger - abuse - past, potential trigger - grief; past loss, potential trigger - traumatic past, what - concept - isolated, who - description - deaf

Pairings: M-M, M-NB
Heat Level: 4
Romantic Content: 4
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Bisexual, Demisexual, Gay, Genderfluid, Non Binary
Protagonist 1 Age: 36-45
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Most Mindblowing Sex Ever, Slow Burning Love
Word Count: 150000
Languages Available: English

About the Author

Wendy Palmer lives in Bridgetown, Western Australia with her partner, son, dogs, goats, alpacas, bees and chickens. She's patted tigers, ridden elephants, dog-sledded across glaciers, faced down lions in the Serengeti, swum with whale sharks, and camped in the Sahara, but she not-so-secretly prefers curling up with a good book.

She writes fantasy fiction with entertaining characters, enjoyably perilous adventures, romantic entanglements, some dark undertones, but always happy, hopeful endings.

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