A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts--even
as she falls in love with a faerie prince--in this gorgeous debut novel. Isobel
is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair
folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to
paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst,
and Isobel's paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal
patron--Rook, the autumn prince--she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal
sorrow in his eyes--a weakness that could cost him his life.
Furious and