Makes this a prime example of a fantasy, the budding romance that flourishes between the gruff and stern Silhara and the meek and plain looking Martise.

Powerful mages and gods that wants to take possession of a mans body, so he can destroy the world. Silhara must decide if his fate, and the fate of nations, is worth the soul of the woman he has come to love, and Martise must choose continued enslavement or freedom at the cost of a man's life. You have done an unwise thing, Martise of Asher, he said softly. Mage and spy search together for a ritual that will annihilate Corruption, but in doing so, they discover secrets about each other that may damn them both. Now he fights a war on two fronts-against the god who would possess him and the apprentice who would betray him. When Conclave sends Martise as an apprentice to help him, he knows she's a spy. Silhara struggles against Corruption's influence and searches for ways to destroy the god. The god called Corruption invades his mind, seducing him with promises of limitless power if he will help it gain dominion over the world. Silhara of Neith, Master of Crows, is a desperate man. What would you do to win your freedom This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. A risky endeavor, but one she accepts without hesitation-until she falls in love with her intended target. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer's treachery and turn him over to Conclave justice.

In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path.

Master of crows by grace draven