BLOOD ROSE REBELLION

The first of a trilogy, THE BLOOD ROSE REBELLION is a page-turning romantic fantasy adventure set during the political unrest of 19th century Europe, where social prestige stems from a trifecta of blood, money and magic.

Sixteen-year old Anna Arden is barred from the society she yearns for by a defect of blood. She is Barren, unable to perform the most rudimentary spells. Anna would do anything to belong, but after inadvertently breaking her sister's debutante spells, Anna finds herself exiled from her upper class England home to her family's once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary. Her life might well be over. But in Hungary, Anna finds that nothing about her world or her own lack of magic is quite as it seems. Fissures in the Binding that holds her world's magic are expanding, and the ancient creatures bound by that spell beg Anna to release them. And as rebellion sweeps across Hungary, Anna's unique ability to break spells becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and gypsies, Anna must choose: deny her unique power and cling to the life she's always wanted—or embrace her ability and destroy the Binding, changing the face of magic itself. Rosalyn Eves is a college professor of English living in southern Utah, and is involved in the YA scene there and across the country.