

A desperate new mother.
A disgraced warrior.
A cursed forest.
Deep in the middle of the Dark Forest, in the kingdom of Lutador, is an inn. The inn is the only dwelling in the Dark Forest, sitting along the only road cutting through it. When circumstances lead Alice to seek a job there, working for Roque Toste, a dangerous man with a violent past, she will find that adjusting to her new home, and the man within it, will only be the start of her problems.
There’s something in the forest.

Something is off at the inn…
Time has passed since Alice and Roque’s terrifying encounter with an ancient evil of the Dark Forest, and things at the Maid’s Heart have returned to normal. Normal, other than Prince Oscar, the cruel prince of Lutador, refusing to leave.
Normal, other than the strange, unexplained happenings that have begun occurring around the inn. Is there something else in the forest?
Or is it already there, inside the inn?

Fresh from another encounter with an ancient evil of the Dark Forest, Alice and Roque are elated by both their recent victory and their newfound love.
Unfortunately, their elation is short-lived when cracks begin to form.
Cracks in the ground.
And cracks in their beliefs.
Not only their belief in their ability to fight against the forest and keep their home…
But their belief that they can survive the forest at all.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Gina awakens at midnight to a man at the foot of her bed. A man with glowing red eyes and a special Valentine’s Day card, just for her. On the card are two names. And Gina has one choice to make. Either she brings those two people together before the clock strikes midnight again… Or she loses her heart.
More soon to come…