Cheryl Boone

Tears of a Queen Cheryl Boone

A time of peace comes to Winter Rose for Michael and Rilla as their relationship heals and grows, but the path ahead turns violent as Serena, the dark queen, also grows in her power. Step by step Rilla follows that path which leads her ever closer to becoming the warrior queen she must be, sacrificing the life she craves for the one she must embrace. She is the only one who can lead her warriors to save the innocents of the world from hideous torture, maiming, and death, until all that is left is a profoundly evil society. Tensions between sister warriors, family members who are not what they seem, enemies made when Rilla enters the world of politics, and the kidnapping of her family threaten to overwhelm her as she continues to seek her destiny. Since the first attempt to kill Rilla when she was just fifteen had failed, Serena has bided her time until she is strong enough to succeed. While several plans fail, Serena is still able to bring misery and heartbreak to Rilla until the time comes that she finds the one plan that cannot fail. This plan will take Rilla to the abyss of madness where she is powerless to save herself, her family, the Warrior Sisters of the Thirteen Nations, or the unsuspecting people who inhabit the earth.