Shadow Prince
by Jennifer Dunne

The kingdom of Nord D'Rae was destroyed ten years ago, although there are hundreds of theories as to how and why it happened. Popular sentiment blames the bastard prince Reynart D'Altha. But no one is foolish enough to ask the deadly assassin that Reynart has become.

Fantasy artist Angie Blanchard was assured by her psychiatrist that her visit to the imaginary kingdom of Nord D'Rae was a particularly vivid coma dream. The obsession threatens not only her sanity but her life. Finding out that the fantasy world is real doesn't change that threat, only transforms it.

When Angie is magically transported to Reynart's world, his plans for vengeance are interrupted by the mage council's representative. The destruction of Nord D'Rae destabilized the world's magical gateways, a situation which has recently become critical. The mage needs both Angie and Reynart to help her restore the broken Nord D'Rae gateway, then seal it for good. On their quest, they must face the lies and betrayals of ten years ago.

Too bad they'd rather kill each other.

This book was previously published elsewhere.

Jennifer Dunne's Bio

Jennifer Dunne has always been a voracious reader, devouring romance, fantasy, and science fiction books by the score. When she turned her hand to writing books, those three elements mixed and mingled freely in her works. Her first novel, Raven's Heart, won the EPPIE award for best SF original ebook, and took second place in the Sapphire Awards for best science fiction romance. She has written a vampire romance (Dark Salvation), and contributed anthology stories about holidays on distant worlds ("To Life" in Infinite Celebrations), do-gooding demons ("Vacation" in Heaven & Hell), and magical animal rights activists ("The Tower"). Her newest novel, Shadow Prince, is the first of a proposed series of fantasy stories set in the Illornian Empire. When not writing or reading, Jennifer works for IBM as a web site developer. Jennifer is also active in a number of writing organizations, and has served two terms as president of her local RWA chapter, two terms as president of RWA's Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal special interest chapter, and six years as the managing editor of the SF Romance newsletter, in addition to teaching online writing classes.

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