This is a 45,000-word novella He's on a Quest for Justice Her Secrets are His Only Hope When mage investigative reporter Rick Moore gets the unexpected chance to clear his father's name, it looks like a dream come true. But there's a price. He must first uncover the truth about the mage world's most wanted fugitive. Caroline Dare knows her beloved brother had a reason for killing a member of the mages' governing council. Real heroes don't go rogue on a whim. Burned by shady reporters, she pours her devastating worry for him into her fabric art career and maintains stony silence about him. But when her art is panned as a fraud because she's blind, she's forced to seek help from Rick, a man she knows only as a sexy arts writer. Helping beautiful, determined Caroline prove her art is her own gets Rick inside her well tended walls. But as he wins her trust, he finds he's losing his heart. Now he has a choice--give up his dream or betray the woman he loves. Other books by Nancy Northcott Renegade Protector (a novella) Guardian Warrior Shown here in reading order, the first three titles were published under the series label The Protectors but are also part of the Light Mage Wars story arc. Renegade is set 3 years after Sentinel.