Book excerpt: Fate will bring them together; heaven will tear them apart. A brilliant and addictive romantic fantasy series by eleven-time USA Today bestselling author, Elizabeth Hunter. Hidden at the crossroads of the world, an ancient race battles to protect humanity, even as it dies from within. To the outside world, Ava Matheson is a successful travel photographer and a daughter of privilege, but Ava has spent a lifetime battling voices in her mind. Her fractured family has convinced her she'll never belong. Malachi is an Irin scribe, a warrior descended from an angelic race and sworn by blood and magic to defend humanity from the Grigori, the sons of fallen angels who could ravage the world. A chance meeting in Istanbul will change both their destinies forever. This box set contains the first three books in the Irin Chronicles series The Scribe, The Singer, and The Secret. It also includes a bonus novelette, On a Clear Winter Night.