Kiss the flame…Love defies family, king, religion, even death itself in a skewed Renaissance world of witch burnings, swordfights, and court intrigue. Safire, a psychic artist whose unusual abilities condemn her as a witch in her superstitious society, struggles to survive in a labyrinth of unforgiving rules and political plots. She plunges headlong into a passionate affair with a highborn man, little imagining the far-reaching consequences of this entanglement for her, her family, and her world.