Product Description : 1 New York Times bestselling author Patrica Briggs presents a tale of beauty meets beast in this romantic fantasy novelHated and feared magic was banished from the land But now freed from the spells of the wicked bloodmages magicboth good and evilreturns And Aren of Fallbrook feels her own power of sight strengthen and growOvercome by visions of mayhem and murder Aren vows to save her village from the ruthless raiders who have descended upon itand killed her family With the return of wildlings to the hills and forests she strikes a bargain with the Hob a magical humanlike creature imbued with the power of the mountains But the Hob is the last of his kind And he will exact a heavy price to defend the villagea price Aren herself must pay