The Queen in Winter

From four of today's most imaginative authors come four stories of love as pure as the driven snow that will warm the coldest of hearts. USA Todaybestselling author Claire Delacroix delivers an enchanting tale of a gifted seer who receives a vision of a man whom she was not meant to marry, but was meant to love. USA Todaybestselling author Lynn Kurland spins a story of a mortal man and an elven woman who endure both the mundane and the magical in their quest to remain together. Award-winning author Sharon Shinn writes of a brave young woman who saves her sister's magically- gifted child, only to receive an unexpected gift of her own. And newcomer Sarah Monette's romantic novella tells of a warrior maiden trapped in a deadly storm with the only man she ever wanted, whose scars she must heal if he is ever to want her.

Claire Delacroix is the USA Today bestselling author of many historical and contemporary novels.

Lynn Kurland is the USA Today bestselling author of ten novels, and a RITA Award winner.

Sharon Shinn won the William Crawford Award for achievement in fantasy.

Sarah Monette has a Ph.D. in English literature, and received the Spectrum Award for short fiction.