She looked like a ragged, storm-drenched urchin, but from the moment SerenaSmyth appeared on his Seattle doorstep, Richard Patrick Merlin recognized thespark behind her green eyes. Serena had crossed a country to find him, guidedby her determination to become a master wizard. She knew he could be herteacher–but she never expected the charismatic, seductive power that wasMerlin’s. Nor had she dreamed of the fire he ignited in her body and soul, aflame that burned even hotter than the powerful talent she possessed but didnot yet understand. Their love forbidden by an ancient law, Serena and Richardwill take a desperate gamble and travel to a long-lost world to change thehistory that threatens to separate them. But they risk being torn apartforever, destroyed by a cursed land…and their own fierce desires.