The Gardener and the Water-horse (Echoes of the Void #1)
Mallory Dunlin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 41 ratings · 245 pages · Published: 10 Feb 2023
Safira sacrificed everything to be free. A remote, sorcerous Spire seems like an excellent hiding place from the wizard who wants to reclaim her. She's had enough of beautiful, powerful men. Being lonely is better.
But the Spire is encircled by a lake, and the water-horse is fascinated by Safira. After a century of silence, the sound of her voice is an impossible lure to resist. When a drought means Safira needs water for her garden, the water-horse offers her a deal she can't refuse: water for conversation.
Despite her own fear and the stories of water-horses stealing lovers, Safira is drawn to the alluring stranger. Yet every step towards affection brings with it danger. Water never gives up the things it claims, and Celyn's possessiveness grows with every shared intimacy.
When the wizard hunting her and the water-horse luring her clash, Safira has the chance to claim freedom in truth—or to throw herself into the depths of danger, and trust love to overcome even the greed of an elemental.
"The Gardener and the Water-horse" is a complete story with a happily-ever-after ending, told with dual point-of-view. This prequel tale to the "Echoes of the Void" explores the danger inherent to forbidden love and features a resilient heroine and the swoon-worthy elemental who can't live without her.
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- fantasy 9
- shapeshifters 9
- non-human hero 9
- virgin hero 8
- friends to lovers 8
- m-f romance 8
- magic 7
- shy hero 7
- age gap 6
- childfree 6
- high fantasy 4
- competent heroine 3
- sweet/gentle heroine 3
- tortured heroine 3
- poor heroine 3
- working class heroine 3
- paranormal 2
- multicultural 2
- forced proximity 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- insta-love 2
- second chances 2
- slow burn 2
- abduction 2
- vengeance 2
- independent heroine 2
- black mc 2
- friends with benefits 1
- possessive hero 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
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- third party abuse 6
- past abuse 6
- mental trauma 1
- misogyny 1
- torture of mcs 1
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- suicide / ideation 1
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The 'Echoes of the Void' series
4.02 · 100 ratings
non-human-hero · explicit-open-door · slow burn · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · friends to lovers · high fantasy · magic · fantasy · paranormal · m-f · fem-dom · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · caretaking · praise-kink · possessive hero · poor heroine · strong heroine
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