Love is war. Jareth's final betrayal pushes Tilly over the edge. Desperate to shove him out of her heart like a bad memory, she falls into despair. General Lathan Rhys recruits Harper Serrano to remind Tilly there are bigger things at stake than a broken heart, like humanity's survival. She knows he's right and works her way through the ranks to become Earth's first representative to the alien race. Kodiak and Harper also train at her side and become new recruits for the Henokan army. When the group takes the fight to the battlefield, Jareth abducts Tilly and whisks her back to the Staleth. Volatile and angry, he decides to do what he should've done all along-claim her and impose absolute rule over the Baltin Council. But Tilly has her own secret. When Jareth discovers what she's hiding, it changes the world forever.

Melissa Riddell is from a small, West Texas town in which she still lives with her husband. Her writing career started as a hobby when she was a teenager, writing poems and short stories. When not contemplating new story ideas, she can be found traipsing around Texas State Parks, herding her cats, studying a new language, or reading a book.

Melissa hates talking about herself in the third person, but she absolutely loves writing stories with flawed characters who must face their fears before finding a happily ever after. If you enjoy sassy heroines and escaping to new worlds, then you've stopped at the right place.