<p>King Markon of Montalier is at the end of his tether. His son Prince Parrin is afflicted with a rather nasty curse that slaughters maims or brutally attacks any woman with whom he so much as flirts. After the rumour that sweeps around the kingdom promising that any woman breaking the ‘curse’ will be eligible to marry the prince there is no shortage of willing volunteers. Unfortunately there is also no shortage of bodies piling up.<br></p><p>Markon needs to do something but what? Can a visiting enchantress from Avernse help or is she simply another accident waiting to happen? And will Markon be able to give her up to his son if she does break the curse?</p><p></p><p><em>Twelve Days of Faery</em> is the first novella in the <em>Shards of a Broken Sword</em> Trilogy.</p>