Witch's Journey
Karen McCullough
Dreams Unlimited, February 2001
ISBN: 1-820592-60-5 (e-book)
When Jinissa uses magic to save a child from a bad fall, she reveals herself as both a Calavrian witch and a spy in the land of Lendiil. In a place where magic is regarded as evil and its practicers as hopelessly corrupt, witchcraft is a capital crime. Jinny is sentenced to torture and death.
Before the sentence can be carried out, however, a delegate from the king arrives to announce that the king wants to question the witch himself. Lord Stephan has been sent to fetch the witch. A long trip over the mountains gives Jinny and Stephan time to get to know each other better. In the face of all the things that should keep them apart, including Stephan's deep and well-founded hatred for her people, they begin to learn the truth about each other and fall in love.
Stephan is an honorable man, loyal to his king, and his feelings for Jinny will cause only conflict. And Jinny, for her part, is determined to escape during the trip, because she's sworn to keep her people's secrets, even though her background ensures that she will never be welcome back in her own country.
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