From best-selling poet Catarine Hancock comes the exciting first installment in her debut new adult fantasy romance series, Firebird: A hundred years ago, the kingdom of Alverin was cursed, the magic banished from the royal family's bloodline. After centuries of war and atrocities committed against their neighbors, the once-feared kingdom is now without their greatest strength. As their enemies slowly circle closer, the royal family grows more and more desperate to break the curse, arranging marriages with any Magic Wielder of notable strength in the kingdom in an attempt to breed magic back into the bloodline. Kindra Bedelyn is in love with her freedom. But when Prince Jasper Annalindis hears of her extraordinary Firefury abilities, he comes for her hand in marriage, and suddenly, that freedom is gone. Now engaged to a man she hardly knows, Kindra is thrust unwillingly into a world far unlike the one she grew up in: one with angry royals, horrifying secrets, and an infuriatingly likable prince. And as the wedding approaches, she also discovers just how much danger Alverin is in, and how everyone's lives-including her own-are now on the line. With magic that rivals the God-blessed power of the Annalindis ancestors, she could be what changes the tide in the looming war. But even as her heart begins to soften and she starts to step into her new role, she can't help but wonder: What if the curse can't be broken? What if it shouldn't be?