Never the Roses

AN USA TODAY BESTSELLER!DELUXE EDITION-featuring beautiful stenciled edges, stylish endpapers, a foil casestamp and a detailed map.The most powerful sorceress in all the world comes face to face with her greatest rival in this enchanting and seductive fantasy romance debut from Jennifer K. Lambert.The Dread Sorceress Oneira has retired. She's fought and won endless wars for her ambitious queen and has finally exiled herself, seeking peace in a remote forest where the mountains meet the beach. There, in the peculiar company of a wolf, a kestrel, and a cat, she comes to accept that her death would be the beginning of a better world.But she has one last curiosity to satisfy.

"[A] fresh take on enemies to lovers that will have readers swooning. A must-add for any romantasy shelf." --Booklist, starred review
"A heart-wrenching tale of guilt and longing...This captivating romantasy is a resounding delight." --Library Journal, starred review
"Absolutely exquisite. Never the Roses is a stunning entry into the realm of romantasy with a broken yet fiercely powerful heroine, a hero who will wend his way into your heart and set up camp, and a story you will not be able to stop reading until you have savored every delicious word. No, really. Every. Delicious. Word." --Darynda Jones, New York Times bestselling author of the Charley Davidson Series
"Every time I think that the borders of fantasy cannot be stretched, Jeffe Kennedy proves me wrong." --Maria Vale, award-winning author of The Legend of All Wolves series and Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death.
"Both ethereal and sensuous--and with a story as arresting as its pink-pebbled beaches and lavender roses, Jennifer K. Lambert's Never the Roses is a fantasy as seductive (and dangerous) as the Dream through which it often wanders. An absorbing read!" --Connie Willis, Nebula and Hugo-Award winning author of Doomsday Book and The Road to Roswell
"Jennifer Lambert has created a world and characters every reader of epic fantasy will love and reread time and time again." --Grace Draven, USA Today bestselling Author of Radiance.