Blood Seed (Coin of Rulve, #1)

Sheft—maligned, hunted, chosen.
Mariat—the woman determined to save him.

“A potent mix of fantasy, romance, and intrigue.” D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Eighteen-year-old Sheft has good reason to fear there is a dangerous connection between himself and a deadly entity that haunts the nearby Riftwood. Already despised as a foreigner, he keeps himself apart. Yet, beyond what he’d ever dared to dream, Mariat falls in love with him. And, in spite of everything that warns him not to, he with her.
Sheft can’t bring himself to tell her the truth about his hidden fear. Neither can he share with her the devastating realization about who he is discovering himself to be, nor the terrifying journey his destiny demands. But when he is forced to take part in the secret Rites of the Dark Circle, he confronts the true magnitude of the evil arrayed against them both. It threatens to strip away his life, but will first break his heart.