The Staff and the Blade: An Epic Romantic Fantasy

Some love stories begin at the beginning. Damien and Sari's begins long before that.

Their names are already legend in the Irin world: a warrior and a singer whose union changed the course of their people’s history. But to understand how their story ends, you have to go back to where it started: a young singer with fiery ambition and a hardened warrior who never expected to find happiness.

They met. They mated. And then the world tore them apart.

Violence, betrayal, and grief have a way of turning love into something unrecognizable. For centuries, Damien and Sari have existed in the wreckage of what they once were to each other. Close enough to wound, too bound to walk away. Because in the Irin race, the bonds of destiny don't break. They only wait.

"She hates me as she loves me. Wholly and completely. Sari never does anything by halves."

Told in four parts spanning centuries, The Staff and the Blade is an epic separated-and-reunited romance that traces the full arc of one of the Irin Chronicles' most beloved couples, from a breathtaking beginning through devastating loss and all the way to a hard-won, deeply satisfying happily-ever-after. Fans of Nalini Singh and Grace Draven will find the same sweeping emotional payoff, rich immortal world-building, and romance built to last.

The Staff and the Blade is the fourth book in the Irin Chronicles contemporary romantic fantasy series.

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