A Hint of Frost

Araneae Nation, Book 1

By: Hailey Edwards

Narrated by: Mary Pochatko

When the head of the Araneidae clan is found poisoned in her nest, her eldest daughter, Lourdes, becomes their clan's new maven. If her clan is to survive, she has but one choice: she must marry before her nest is seized. All she needs is a warrior fierce enough to protect her city and safeguard her clansmen. Such a male is Rhys the Cold.

Born the youngest son of an impoverished maven, the only things Rhys has to his name are his sword and his mercenary reputation. His clan is starving, but their fondness for the flesh of fellow Araneaeans makes them unwelcome dinner guests. Torn between loyalty to his clan and fascination with his future bride, Rhys's first taste of Lourdes threatens to melt the cold encasing his heart.

Amid the chaos of battle, Lourdes's sister disappears and is feared captured. Lourdes and Rhys pursue their enemies into the southlands, where they discover an odd plague ravaging southern clans as it travels north, to Erania. Determined to survive, Lourdes will discover whether she's worth her silk or if she's spun the thread by which her clan will hang.

Contains mature themes.

©2012 Black Dog Books, LLC (P)2024 Tantor

I love Hailey Edward's books but I'm not a fan of this reader

I liked the voice the reader used for the narration and wished she'd used that for the FMC voice instead of the one she did. the FMC sounded like she a breath away from a nervous break down to me. the reader did well with the other ccharacharacter voices and kept a good pace. I just didn't enjoy the FMC's voice.
the story is a good one and I've read it many times. it's one of my recovery books. something to bring me back into reading when another book leaves me in a book hangover and it's hard to read anything for a while.