The Raven and the Rush

Book excerpt: One raven. One boy. One destiny. Escape into this story of fractured duty and forbidden love weaving together a fate bigger than man, bigger than magic. Evrathedyn Blackrook whiles his days away at university, blissfully oblivious to the horrors afflicting his homeland. He escapes into dusty books, content as a second son. Rhosynora Ravenwood spends her sleepless nights fantasizing of ways to escape her icy, suffocating dynasty. To flee her birthright is to invite a traitor’s penance. To stay is another kind of death. But time and fate have a way of mending all mistakes. Evra soon finds himself the new Lord Blackrook. His inheritance is a plague-ridden land, the pyres from his late father’s campaign against magic still smoldering. His realm’s future in the balance, he travels beyond his borders to a remote northern hamlet, where he meets Rhosyn. The spark between them is immediate; the suspicion even stronger. In Rhosyn, Evra sees her rare magic as the perfect answer to his troubles. In Evra, Rhosyn sees everything wrong with the depraved world of men. But Evra is out of options. And Rhosyn is out of time. As they resist the undeniable, forbidden bond growing between them, Evra’s dawning horror of Rhosyn’s fate brings him to an impossible choice. His home, or her? __ The Raven and the Rush is a forbidden love fantasy romance tale set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe. It is the first story in the Blackwood Cycle of The Book of All Things. The second book in the duology, The Poison and the Paladin, features characters introduced in this novel. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. For content advisories, please visit sarahmcradit.com.