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Name: The thirteenth house
Author: Sharon Shinn

In the second installment set in the troubled realm of Gillengaria, Kirra returns from a mission to rescue the captive Romar Brendan. She finds her half‑sister Casserah has been named heir and is involved with the married Lord Romar in a passionate, dangerous liaison. The couple's forbidden romance leads them into peril and draws them into the machinations of the powerful lords of the Thirteenth House, where hidden cults and mystic forces threaten to upend the realm.

First publish date: 2006

Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy

Authors: Sharon Shinn

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