The River's Gift

Fans of Mercedes Lackey will be enchanted with Arielle, a young healer discovering her ability to help animals and faerie folk in the forests surrounding her father's holdings. Her confidence bolstered by an unlikely friend, Arielle offers help to the local peasant villagers, and learns from them that she is following in the footsteps of her mother. Arielle's growing connection to her powers and the manor she is to inherit is suddenly cut short--how will she escape from her chauvinistic suitor, and the wedding he is forcing her into?