Mara Li

The  modest weaver, Cliona's home has just been destroyed by a strange accident.  She finds temporary shelter while feeling the sinister event is related to her unknown past.

When a new lord and his bride move into a nearby castle, she hopes for an opportunity to get her rare fabrics noticed so she can afford to rebuild her home.  Although Lord Declan appears charming and generous, there is something very off about his dark castle, melancholy bride and rude servant.

Cliona can't decide if the  promises she has made will be worth the risk of being pulled into a dark, deadly game of survival.

Nineteen-year-old Juliet can’t shake the nightmares after surviving a brutal bank robbery. In order to put those terrifying memories behind, she'll have to testify against the criminal known as the Half Face.  She convinces herself that she is perfectly safe…until he manages to break free and grab the nearest hostage he sets his sights on. Her. 

In an effort to escape the captivity of the law, and his tortured past, the Half Face takes Juliet on an obsessive search for answers and redemption.  During the harsh journey, his unpredictability fuels Juliet’s worst fear, that he just may be insane and beyond any hope of saving.