Downloading Choosing Her Chains (Daughter of Kieran Book 1)

The land of Solarin is sharply divided by an ongoing battle between light and darkness. In a realm where high priests determine a child's future by the nature of her inherent magical talents, what place is there for a woman who has none?

Abandoned by her mother as a toddler, Alisandra finds refuge in ReObsol's conditional welcome. When its priests discover her magical handicap, they curse the child as she'obfus. Yet buried within herself lie gifts that neither the high priests nor Alisandra herself could ever imagine. Those gifts could lead to ReObsol's destruction--or its salvation.

Now a young woman, Alisandra lives and works in ReObsol’s shadows under the tutelage of the widowed weaver, Amalra. In exchange for Amalra’s protection, Alisandra begrudgingly bears the shackles of outcast. Everything changes when Ryshel--Alisandra’s secret paramour--ends their liaison to accept a sacred handfasting to Sylvin, the tribe’s heir apparent. For the first time, the heartbroken Alisandra must decide how to direct her own path. To do so she must question everything she thinks she knows about ReObsol’s tribe, its past, and her own place within it.

Loosing one set of chains often requires the willing acceptance of another. In a land ruled by submission to pious tradition, one woman's growing yearning for liberty may be the siren that unwittingly calls forth revolution.

WARNING: This novel contains mild to moderate levels of physical and sexual violence which may be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion advised.