Dahlia of Avalon

Seven sisters. Seven kingdoms. Sixty years after the death of King Arthur, Lillian, the Lady of the Lake and Brannon, the Merlin Reborn, send their beloved daughters into the Britain Beyond Avalon to liaison with seven different kings in defense of those who practice the old ways. Seven Sisters of Avalon weaves the story of each Priestess Princess of Avalon into the retelling of a classic fairy tale.

Dahlia of Avalon is the long-awaited sixth book in the popular Seven Sisters of Avalon series. Like the first five books, Dahlia of Avalon takes her readers on a fantastic journey through the "Britain Beyond" of the late sixth century when those who worship the Goddess face harsh conversion tactics from the Christian Church which has now risen to dominance.

Dahlia of Avalon set up the cataclysmic conclusion of the Seven Sisters of Avalon series and begins the fulfillment of the ominous last words of The Daughters of Avalon: "And then all hell broke lose."

In this volume, Dahlia leaves the safety of her island home to marry the Prince John, who is a few months alway from becoming King John, High King of Britain when he comes of age and steps out from under the regency of his uncle, Archbishop Gregory.

Haughty and confident, Dahlia and her maid, Willa, go into an unfamiliar world and encounter formidible opposition in their journeys. Determined to make her way to Cameliard and fulfill her destiny as High Queen of Britain, Dahlia must endure unthinkable hardships on her way to the throne that challenge her to the very core and threaten her faith both in herself and in the Goddess she venerates.

Will Dahlia make it to the Prince's ball before his advisors force him to choose a different woman as his Queen? Or will her cirumstances prove too odious to overcome? Will she collapse into the hopelessness of her oppression or rise above it to find a love that rivals that of her magical mother and father?

Katrina Rasbold sweeps the reader along in a fairy tale world of deception, passion, magic, and redemption where all is not as it appears and magic slippers lead the way.