Overview

Alonza has been sole apprentice to the Head Verder, Jessica, for over a decade. She’s the strongest and most practiced ecopath in the Heart Wood, and he hopes to take on her job when she retires someday.

Enter Demetrius, a bratty junior apprentice Jessica suddenly decides to bring on this spring. Everything is far too easy for Demetrius, and he’s insultingly handsome to boot. But Demetrius has a hidden side that tortures him…

And just might save the Heart Wood one day.

The Verders is a prequel to Heart Wood, out February 14, 2024. It has a great deal of background about the world of the Heart Wood, but the romance is self-contained in this novella.