Emma Fox

Ever since her father’s mysterious death six years ago on Serpent Hill, Lilia Stepanovna has struggled to help her family make ends meet. So when an old woman claiming to be her great aunt arrives and offers to show her the way to hidden treasure, Lilia leaps at the opportunity. Curious magic soon entwines her, though, and Lilia finds herself trapped by a sorcerer’s devious plot to seize the Russian empire.

Dmitri always expected to follow in his parents’ footsteps as a stonecarver, until a terrible accident crushed both his hands and his dreams. Now something’s wrong with his best friend Lilia, and there are disturbing clues that the sinister Malachite Queen who once imprisoned his father may yet be alive and working with Polov, the Serpent King.

When Lilia is swept off to Petersburg under suspicious circumstances, Dmitri embarks on a perilous journey to save the girl he loves and to stop the dark powers that are working through her to take over all of Russia.

Heart of Stone, a standalone sequel to The Carver and the Queen, is available for pre-order now in paperback, hardcover, or e-book! Purchase from the Owl’s Nest Shop, on Amazon, and wherever books are sold.