Minerva's Heart (The Stories of Kalevala)

Minerva's Heart (The Stories of Kalevala)

Beautiful Princess Minerva lives in Kalevala, a fairy-tale world where everyone finds their one true love. Her life is on track when she meets her prince and falls in love at first sight --- until a horrible fire. Everyone thinks she’s perished, except for her handsome prince, who, repulsed by her disfiguring scars that now mark her as evil, binds her to a witch as an apprentice. Minerva suffers body and soul during her captivity and the only tie she has to her once happy life is a pendant that her childhood friend, Kai, gave her. It becomes a beacon in her grim new reality, but could it help her find her way home? As the Royal Mage’s apprentice, Kai has grown up in the palace and become dear friends with Minerva, and wishes he could be her one true love. But in a world where people fall in love at first sight, he knows his situation is hopeless. Unable to give her his heart, he gives her a small piece of it instead by offering her his mage’s pendant, his most treasured possession. When Minerva is killed in a fire, Kai is devastated---until he finds out she’s alive. He uses every skill he learned as a mage to rescue her from the witch she’s bound to, but Minerva has scars on her heart as well. Can they find the courage to reach for love and healing? Or will a true happily-ever-after be just out of their reach?