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The first two chapters of the Knight of Avalon series. Katie MacGregor spends every day balancing her ordinary high school life with an extraordinary heritage. Raised by her mother, an exiled Faerie princess, she spends much of her time traveling between her home in California and visiting her godparents, the High King and Queen of Faerie, in Avalon’s opulent White Palace. The connection she has to her second family is complicated by the irresistible pull she feels toward her best friend, their gorgeous son, Beri. Beri, a notorious teenage sex symbol, is perpetually engulfed in scandal and pursued by the paparazzi. It’s easier to waste his time with supermodels and sports cars than to admit his feelings for the one girl he can never have. Falling in love with half-human Katie is an unforgivable act of sedition, and if his family only knew, they would be forced to punish him with exile. As the Ogre War devastates Faerie, Katie and Beri embark on a treacherous journey into a realm teeming with danger and enchanting beauty. In this perilous land, where the emotions of the inhabitants control the weather and sentient forests take prisoners, they unravel a sinister plot against the throne that will imperil their forbidden love and their very lives. The world of magic holds far greater wonders–and far more dangerous terrors– than they ever dared to dream. Comparable works include The House in the Cerulean Sea