The Illyrian Chronicles: Challenge (Volume 2)

Juljana's hopes lay in ruin when she learns that Maia will wed Hephestia's brother, Damian, and that the high camp has been captured by Aeropos's forces. Not realizing that it was Maia's compliance which has released them from Gaius's tyranny, she and Lucilla have already taken steps to secure another heir to the Ardianian throne.Struggling to comprehend Maia's decision, Stefan attempts to confront her when she returns home to oversee her parent's divorce. But a tragic turn of events puts Maia's life in peril and pits Gaius against him, setting off the first of many challenges he must overcome in order to win the freedom for Aeropos' captives, even as he despairs of ever sharing a life with the woman he loves.He and Demetrius have no way of knowing that the Macedonian king has set a trap, using the inhabitants of the high camp as bait, to lure the Ardianian heir out into the open, where Gaius has been diligently preparing for his annihilation.

While always intending to write fiction, Gabrielle's educational background is in social work, and she holds both a Bachelors' Degree and a MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University. The Illyrian Chronicles: Exile, Challenge, and The Return, are her first novels, and were written over a twelve year period while her three children were growing up. She now lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband, Don. Her oldest son, Erik Legault-Taylor, is an artist, and the cover art illustrator of these editions. Gabrielle received her Associate's Degree in Multimedia Design at Lane Community College in 2014. She has recently completed converting the draft of Alliance, a fourth novel in The Illyrian Chronicles series, into a screenplay. For YouTube video of scenes from Alliance Teaser and more information go to www.TheIllyrianChronicles.com