Lisa Llamrei

This is the story of how my third life began. And how my second life ended. They’re the same thing, you know—endings and beginnings. We’re taught to believe they’re different, but in order for one thing to begin, something else must end.

Longing for a fresh start, newly divorced Das MacDermott has sold up and is moving out of the city. Before he can make his escape, however, he intercedes in an attack on a young woman, Aislinn, who follows him to his new home. Aislinn encourages Das to live his dreams and offers him both love and support in a way he has never known. But, she has a secret, and soon her erratic behaviour threatens to tear apart the new life Das is trying to build.

He has offered his perspective, so I suppose I must now offer mine. I do so not in the hope of absolution; I have no need of your approval. Once you have heard my story, you may judge for yourself, if judge you must.

Caught in the middle of a centuries-long Sidhe civil war, Aislinn uses Das to conceal herself from the wrath of her Sidhe-kin. But, Das proves invulnerable to her manipulations, and the reason why will change their lives irrevocably.