Frost and the Flame

Lord Willowvale's icy heart has begun to thaw, but it will take a fiery Fair maiden to melt him.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single fairy in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.Lord Ash Willowvale is wealthy and eligible, albeit famously disagreeable, but he is hardly looking for a wife, and the Fair maiden who catches his eye certainly wasn't hoping to. She is merely doing her job as bodyguard for the Fair ambassador, who has been imprisoned in Aricht.When Lord Willowvale is tasked with extricating the Fair delegation, his difficulties are only beginning. His task seems impossible, his past is deeply offensive to the Fair maiden he quickly grows to respect, and his own guilt threatens to crush him.Friendship broke down his prejudice; will love break his legendary pride? Will he ever be able to tell the lovely maiden who captured his heart how ardently he admires and loves her?A clean, noblebright fantasy Pride and Prejudice reimagining in the world of The Wraith. Come for the Jane Austen+magic feel, stay for the redemption arc!