Alone in his cabin, practically cut off from the rest of the world, Aerdyn lives out his lonely existence after being banned from the Seelie court.  He had been accused of the murder of the one person he had truly loved and who without he will surely die for they had been bonded.  When Lian finds him and tells him that his love was not lost, that to save her magic and her essence she had joined her soul with his, Aerydn is at first angry, frustrated and in despair.  But as Lian, who is his loves younger brother, and who looks so much like her starts to talk to him and proves in so many ways that she still is there even he cannot deny the truth.  How can they still be together?  And can they go back to the Seelie court so that Aerdyn find out the truth? 

Michael Barnette has written a very haunting dark story.  Certainly very different than any other male/male story this reviewer has ever read, because the soul of the female is inside the male, Mr. Barnette has captured this reviewer and held her until the very last page.  Although this reviewer is not much of a male/male romance reader, this was a very enjoyable book and Mr. Barnette kept this reviewer’s attention throughout.  The whole story is very poignant with lots of emotions.  Our hero is a dark and tortured soul who feels that everything is over for him.  With great prose, Mr. Barnette opens those emotions up to the reader.  Then the anguish when our hero realizes that his beloved still lives, even though inside her brother’s body.  This reviewer sighed many a time while reading this poignant tale.  Mr. Barnette has just gotten himself a new fan!

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