Never the Roses

Such an extraordinary novel! Full of unexpected love, magic, heartbreak and healing, it completely stole my heart! I absolutely loved it! – Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The SpellshopAbsolutely exquisite. Never the Roses is a stunning entry into the realm of romantasy with a broken yet fiercely powerful heroine, a hero who will wend his way into your heart and set up camp and a story you will not be able to stop reading until you have savored every delicious word – Darynda Jones, New York Times bestseling author of First Grave on the RightEvery time I think that the borders of fantasy cannot be stretched, Jennifer K. Lambert proves me wrong – Maria Vale, award-winning author of The Legend of All Wolves series and Molly Molloy and the Angel of DeathBoth ethereal and sensuous – and with a story as arresting as its pink-pebbled beaches and lavender roses – Jennifer K. Lambert’s Never the Roses is a fantasy as seductive (and dangerous) as the dream through which it often wanders. An absorbing read! – Connie Willis, Nebula and Hugo-Award winning author of Doomsday Book and The Road to RoswellJennifer K. Lambert has created a world and characters every reader of epic fantasy will love and reread time and time again – Grace Draven, USA Today bestselling author of RadianceNever the Roses is never anything less than enchanting – Jennifer Estep, New York Times bestselling author of the Crown of Shards and Gargoyle Queen

Jennifer K. Lambert lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband of more than thirty years; his chocolate-lab assistance dog; two Maine Coon cats who assist no one; and plentiful free-range lizards. Her high fantasy novel, Never the Roses, fell on her from out of the sky and became a dream come true. She also writes under the name Jeffe Kennedy, where she is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author, primarily of epic fantasy romance, and is a Past-President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA).