Mage Heart. Jane Routley

Mage Heart is the first in The Dion Chronicles<br /> <br />Provincial and naive – and the most powerful mage in the realm – young Dion Holyhands is an innocent adrift in a world of intrigues and treacheries; a world where foul, hungry demons lurking just beyond its borders.<br /> <br />And now she has been called upon to serve her Duke's favourite mistress: the extraordinary Kitten Avignon, Our Lady of Roses. The mesmerising courtesan is a woman in dire jeopardy, stalked by a fearsome necromancer who will not sleep until his beautiful prey suffers horribly and is destroyed.<br /> <br />And with Evil's night approaching, shielding the Lady and herself from harm will require every ounce of a power Dion is only beginning to recognise and fear; a great gift suddenly imperiled by blossoming womanhood and dangerous desire.<br /> <br />The Dion Chronicles: Mage Heart, Fire Angels and Aramaya