Children of the Sun: Prince of Magic (Book 1) (Berkley Sensation)

*The firstborn children of the Fyne witches have finally come into their own, each with a special gift...* Independent Ariana Kane Varden, daughter of the Sun Witch, has never let family duty keep her from reaching her dreams. She learned the practice of her gift, the power to heal others, at her mother's knee. And now she is the Palace healer, tending to her emperor...The last prophecy of magician Sian Chamblyn's late grandfather points to Ariana as the one to save Columbyana from a growing evil. Sian has hightailed it from lands afar to deliver the message. When he must prepare her for the fight of her life, Sian intends to remain undistracted by his sensuously beautiful protŽgŽe. But in the heat of battle-and passion-diligence might be his downfall... The firstborn children of the Fyne witches have finally come into their own, each with a special gift...Independent Ariana Kane Varden, daughter of the Sun Witch, has never let family duty keep her from reaching her dreams. She learned the practice of her gift, the power to heal others, at her mother's knee. And now she is the Palace healer, tending to her emperor...The last prophecy of magician Sian Chamblyn's late grandfather points to Ariana as the one to save Columbyana from a growing evil. Sian has hightailed it from lands afar to deliver the message. When he must prepare her for the fight of her life, Sian intends to remain undistracted by his sensuously beautiful protZgZe. But in the heat of battle-and passion-diligence might be his downfall... Columbyana must be defended by the first born of three Fyne witches. Stern magician Sian Chamblyn is dismayed to learn that two of the prophesied heroes are female. Ariana Kane Vaden, the emperor's own healer and the daughter of Sophie, is destined to fight against the evil that is menacing the empire. While training Ariana for the war to come (and falling in love with her), Sian accompanies her to the dread thirteenth level of the palace Independent Ariana, daughter of the Sun Witch, has the special power of healing--and now she tends to her emperor. But a prophecy points to Ariana as the one to save Columbyana from a growing evil. As an ally, Sian prepares this sensuous woman for the fight of her life. And when passion's heat mingles with the heat of battle, man and woman will never be the same. Mastering her special healing ability, Ariana Kane Varden, daughter of the Sun Witch, discovers that she is part of a prophecy to save Columbyana from evil when a darkly sensual magician arrives from a distant land to prepare her for battle and for love