In My Mailbox (2)

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren

It features books that bloggers have acquired during the week, whether bought, borrowed, or given. The aim is to encourage blogger interaction, and to bring new books to your attention.

 Bought

The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop

A Black Jewels Novel

In a world where magic is power and social status is everything, the colour of the jewel you wear determines the course of your life...

Jared is a Red-Jewelled Warlord bound as a pleasure slave by the Ring of Obedience. After suffering nine years of torment, he murdered his owner and escaped - only to be caught and sold back into slavery.

Recently purchased by a notorious queen, Jared fears he will share the mysterious fate of her other slaves - never to be seen again - and so prepares himself for death. But the Gray Lady may not be what she seems and Jared soon faces a difficult decision: his freedom or his honour...

Borrowed

Heir to Sevenwaters by Julliet Marillier

A Sevenwaters Novel

The chieftains of Sevenwaters have long been custodians of a vast forest, one of the last refuges of the Tuatha De Danann, the Fair Folk of ancient story. Human and Otherworld dwellers have existed there side by side, separated by a thin veil between worlds and sharing a wary trust. Until the spring when Lady Aisling of Sevenwaters finds herself expecting another child, and everything changes.

With her mother pregnant, Clodagh fears the worst since Aisling is well past the safe age for childbearing. Clodagh's father, Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, faces his own difficulties as warring factions threaten his borders. When the baby is born the unthinkable happens, and Clodagh's world is turned upside down.

To set things to rights for her family and for all the people of Sevenwaters, Clodagh must enter the shadowy Otherworld and confront the powerful prince who now rules there. Accompanied on her quest by a warrior of uncertain allegiance, she will have her courage tested to breaking point. The reward may be far greater than she ever dreamed.

Medalon by Jennifer Fallon
Book One of The Demon Child

The Sisters of the Blade rule Medalon with an army of elite Defenders to enforce their oppressive rule. R'shiel Tenragan and her half-brother, Tarja, find themselves caught up in the political intrigues of the First Sister - their mother Joyjimia. R'shiel is to be shipped off to a neighbouring kingdom and Tarja has been imprisoned.

Together they escape the Citadel and travel into unknown parts of the realm. They hear rumours that the magical race of Harshini is not extinct and a Harshini outcast, Brak, is searching for the demon child. Caught up in a rebellion against the Sisterhood, they cross paths with Brak, reluctantly becoming involved in his quest, and setting in motion a chain of events that none of them can control.

A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans

Book One of The Iron Elves

In an unforgiving world of musket and canon, wizardry, empire and blood oaths, Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the elite Iron Elves, id destined either for greatness or disgrace. Marked by the Shadow Monarch, he's murdered a Viceroy, seen his beloved regiment dishonoured and disbanded and been exiled to the deep forest, the place he despises most.

But for Konowa - part hero, part renegade - that is only the beginning. Recalled from exile and ordered to re-form the Iron Elves for an almost certainly suicidal mission, he sets out with a company of misfits, rebels and outcasts. For the Shadow Monarch has harnessed destructive forces with the power to tear worlds apart - and those who bear her mark have a destiny greater than they know...