The Name of the White Swan

von Jamila Williams

156 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In the frozen wilderness of the Blackwater Mere, survival depends on silence, patience, and knowing when to run. Beckett Hayes is a disgraced hunter with mortal blood, an old scar upon his soul, and a past he cannot escape. While hiding in the reeds, he witnesses an impossible sight: a colossal white swan plunges from the storm, wounded by an obsidian arrow containing a deadly Vessel Stone. Imperial hunters led by the ruthless Grand Huntsman Malachi Reeves are closing in, determined to capture the creature for Queen Helena Whitmore.Beckett should walk away. Instead, he kills the hunters pursuing the swan and carries the wounded creature into a hidden thermal cavern beneath the frozen falls. There, at the stroke of midnight, the impossible truth is revealed. The swan transforms into a young woman, proving that the creature is not an ordinary beast but a victim of a supernatural curse. The woman, Genevieve Beaumont, is connected to an ancient royal bloodline and possesses a secret that the Pale Court has desperately tried to erase.The transformation awakens something inside Beckett. When Genevieve's blood touches him, the dormant ash-veins in his arms ignite, triggering fragments of another life and memories of an ancient failure. He realizes that he has known this soul before, and that his connection to her is far older than either of them understands.But their refuge is temporary. Genevieve is trapped by the Diurnal Prison, a curse that forces her back into the form of a white swan whenever the sun rises. During daylight, her human memories and reasoning weaken while the instincts of the hunted creature take control. With only a few days to reach safety, Beckett must transport her across hostile frozen terrain while evading Malachi's Silver Veil hunters, mastiffs, imperial scouts, and the reach of Queen Helena.Their journey becomes more than a desperate escape. Beckett discovers that Genevieve's captivity is part of a larger struggle involving stolen identities, royal power, forbidden names, and the manipulation of supernatural forces. Maeve Hawthorne, an exiled Master Weaver, recognizes the woman and reveals that the curse is tied to a deeper conflict within the Pale Court.As dawn after dawn threatens to destroy Genevieve's remaining humanity, Beckett is forced to confront the guilt buried within his reincarnated soul. He must decide whether he will remain the solitary hunter who survives by trusting no one, or become the protector who finally fulfills the vow he once failed to keep.The story combines dark fantasy, survival, supernatural mystery, and relentless pursuit. At its heart is the bond between a hunted woman who has been stripped of her name and a broken man given one final chance to redeem his past. Against an empire that controls bodies, names, and destiny, Beckett and Genevieve must cross the frozen wilderness before the next sunrise turns a stolen princess into a beast forever.

• Themen: Belletristik Liebesromane / Romance Romantasy, paranormal
• ISBN: 9798330306091
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Jamila Williams