The Mirrored Trilogy, #1
Fantasy Romance / Romantasy
Date Published: 04-09-2024
Publisher: City Owl Press
What if the fairytale was always a lie?
Seven years after her family’s murders, Eva is attacked by a magical creature and abducted to the faerie realm. When a handsome fae saves her, Bash reveals that he must bring Eva to her faerie soulmate to stop a world-ending Curse. She relents, but only for the opportunity to find answers about her parents’ deaths.
As their journey progresses, Eva delves into her previously hidden magic—and grows steadily closer to Bash. But when she meets her prince, she soon learns that all is not what it seems. While mystery and intrigue surround her, Eva takes it into her own hands to uncover the truth. But what she discovers is beyond her imagination, as she unravels the fae’s web of lies.
Don’t miss this romantasy into the fae realm with hidden secrets, steamy romance, and true fantasy adventure.
About the Author
Dana Evyn has been lost in her daydreams for as long as she can remember, though only recently started writing them down. She’s usually lost in a book—especially one with an indominable female lead, a unique magical world, and a dark twist you don’t see coming. She’s a mother of two tiny humans and a large golden retriever, and lives near Seattle, WA.
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The smoke was everywhere, curling around
a framed picture of our family like it would strangle them with those dark
tendrils. Just as it was trying to do to us now. The fire had spread too fast,
moving too quickly to be real, as though the blaze was a living creature bent
on destroying us. I took a deep breath, then coughed harshly as the smoke
scorched my throat.
Covering my nose and mouth with my
sleeve, I started to move down the hallway toward the back door…but my mother
grabbed my wrist, pulling me to a stop. The gold that encircled the pupils of
her hazel eyes glowed in the light of the flames as she wordlessly dragged me
in the other direction, her other hand clenched around my brother’s.
Tobias’s eyes were wide as he took in the
flames engulfing our home. “We need to help Dad—”
“No.” My mother pulled us away from the
closest exit and into our living room. “This way.”
I struggled as I realized where she was
taking us, but her hand was like a steel vise around my wrist. “There’s no way
out from here, we need to—”
“Trust me,” my mother gasped hoarsely as
she led us toward the oversized mirror on the back wall. It gleamed strangely
in the firelight—the glass rippling curiously.
A trick of the heat?
“This is the only way out,” she
continued. “You need to get to Quinn’s…”
She coughed fitfully, a harsh, choked
sound, and I knew if we stayed here another minute, the fire would be the least
of our problems. The black smoke seared down my throat, as my eyes streamed
tears.
“Mom, you need to tell us
what’s going on,” I croaked. “Who was that—”
I didn’t have a chance to finish my
thought before she placed her hand on my chest and pushed me toward the mirror.
Stumbling backwards, I reached behind me, grabbing onto the metal frame of the
mirror, screaming as the brass rosettes trailing along the edge of the glass
burned into the palm of my hand.
Tobias sucked in a breath as he took in
the angry burn. “Eva—”
“You need to go, now,”
my mother choked out, her voice breaking. “Your dad and I will hold him off.”
She put a hand on my shoulder, squeezing Tobias’s hand in the other. “Eyes up,
stout hearts. Remember, the only way out is through.”
The familiar refrain sounded
frighteningly like a goodbye. From a glance, I could tell Tobias heard it too.
A sob lodged in my throat, and I choked
on it.
“Come with us, Mom,” Tobias pleaded, as
confused as I was as he glanced at the undulating mirror. “Don’t…you don’t have
to leave us.”
She only looked at him sadly, then at me.
“I love you.”
For the rest of my life, I would regret
not saying those three words back to her in that moment.
Then the door on the other side of the
room was kicked open with a crash. A hooded figure stalked forward, barely
visible through the smoke. My mother ran at him with a battle cry.
A blinding light flashed through the
space, cutting through the din like lightning. My mother started screaming as
the glow surrounded her, an endless keening howl as the brightness illuminated
the man in the doorway.
Frozen with shock and
pain, my eyes locked with his through the haze of the heat, his pale eyes
flashing in the strange light as blood dripped from his sword.
His lips curved in a terrifying, soulless
smile. “Finally.”
My brother took a step toward our mom.
But something bright slammed into my chest, and I fell back toward the mirror
in an endless instant. All I could think was that I needed to get to Quinn’s
house, somewhere safe, somewhere I could get help—
But the solid glass wasn’t there.
I screamed as I fell into the
nothingness, my eyes closing as I welcomed the darkness.
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