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Summary

Two centuries of fear taught them who to hate. One night of accidental kindness taught them who to love. Wren Ashford has spent her whole life doubting she's enough — not powerful enough, not brave enough, not worthy of the eleven generations of Moon-witches who came before her. She never meant to free the legendary monster sealed beneath her family's cottage. She certainly never meant to fall in love with him. Kaiazar-Vel has survived two hundred years of darkness believing he deserves every bit of the fear his name inspires. He didn't expect a stranger's stubborn compassion to crack open a heart he thought had gone cold for good. As an ancient hunger stirs — one that has spent centuries turning djinn and human against each other through fear alone — Wren and Kai must do the one thing their whole world was built to prevent: trust each other completely, whatever it costs. Because the old prophecy is clear. Ember and moon. Freely chosen, not fated. And the door that fear propped open two centuries ago can only be closed by the very thing it was designed to destroy. A sweeping, tender YA fantasy romance about the courage it takes to hope, the price of choosing love over fear, and the quiet, stubborn magic of believing someone is worth staying for.

Introduction

THE EMBER AND THE MOON

~Even Djinns can wish for love~