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The Kiss of Deception - 

Mary E. Pearson

I really love the writing style!

 

"Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born.

 

The wind knew. It was the first of June, but cold gusts bit at the hilltop citadelle as fiercely as deepest winter, shaking the windows with curses and winding through drafty halls with warning whispers."