Description: Hidden from birth into our world until she was twenty, Hannalyn is pulled back into her true world where she discovers she's the last living member of a powerful house of mages after an attack that has left almost all of her family murdered. Desperate and learning to work magic on the fly, Hannalyn finds that her best hope for survival is marrying into another mage's home, in New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's start to a new series.
Madison Briggs is having a tough time. Prone to mysterious seizures, idling away at home, she is shocked to see a portal opening before her in her back yard. Is this the leap of faith that will change her life and give it meaning? When a hand reaches out to her, she grasps it to be transported to the world she was truly born into. Madison discovers her true name is Hannalyn Severne. She is the last living mage of her family line. Her mother is dead, her true twin is dying, and she's being hunted by rival mage families. They want to use her untrained power for their own gain. Accompanied by her half-siblings Sandlin and Berea, warriors both, Hannalyn begins the perilous journey to find a safe haven via an arranged marriage. Her courtship is conducted through magical visions as the three travelers traverse a land filled with mercenaries who want her captured, or dead, in New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's first book in a new series.Brief description: Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over forty-five years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She has written six series, and two stand-alone novels, in addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and graphic novels (cowritten with Christopher Golden). Her Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared in thirty-five different languages and on many bestseller lists. They're also the basis of the HBO series True Blood. Harris now lives in Texas, and when she is not writing her own books, she reads omnivorously. Her house is full of rescue dogs.