El viento del Sur

A sensual standalone fantasy about second chances in love, inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, from the author of The North Wind. Long before civilization, there were the gods. And before the gods, there was the earth, the celestial bodies, and the air itself. They are the Anemoi (the Four Winds), and they have been banished to the four corners of the world. Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: upon turning twenty-five, she will fall into an endless, deathly sleep, and her kingdom will descend into chaos and ruin. In a last desperate attempt to save her and her kingdom, her father arranges a marriage for her with the handsome Prince Balior of the neighboring kingdom. But then, Notos, the South Wind (the immortal who once held Sarai's heart), returns to her life. Sarai decides to ignore Notos and proceed with her father's plan, but Prince Balior harbors dark secrets, and as she learns more about her betrothed, she realizes the prince could very well be the undoing of her kingdom. Sarai forces Notos to pretend to be engaged to her to buy time to investigate Balior's plans… and his obsession with the dangerous labyrinth that lies hidden within the palace grounds. Despite her distrust of the South Wind, the feelings she once had for him resurface as their partnership to stop the wicked prince deepens. However, Sarai must resist her own desires, for the curse is a countdown from which she cannot escape, and any distraction could cost her her life… and destroy the entire kingdom.