Crystal Phoenix

Alaina's dreams were still burning to the ground when a mysterious stranger drags her away from everything she's ever known. He claims Alaina is the long-awaited successor to a powerful legacy, sent to deliver the Four Kingdoms from centuries of chaos and ruin. But Alaina knows she's just a simple farmgirl, and the only destiny she's owed is failure.

Both of them were wrong.

Alaina was perfectly content, living an ordinary life in a quiet little town until the day everything changed. When her world goes up in flames and she's pulled into the unknown, Alaina thinks it's all over, but her story is only beginning.

Her rescuer reveals an incredible tale of lost magic and ancient prophecy, naming Alaina as the heir to a remarkable gift. He must be terribly mistaken, but with a savage killer on her trail she's forced to play the role of an unlikely savior, so Alaina goes along; willing to sacrifice herself in a desperate gamble to save her family. She's not the only one pretending. Alaina's new friends have their own secrets, just like her enemies.

Shifting winds send Alaina down a dangerous path of discovery and adventure, but the greatest threat comes from an unexpected source-one she can't outrun.

Crystal Phoenix is the exciting new series from M D Baker, author of Shadow Countess and Fallen Infernal; an epic fantasy tale of growth and adventure with danger, magical discovery, and a slow burn romance that may-or may not-ever happen.