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A tall, broad-shouldered, and dashing knight of the Inquisition, Sir Riordan is the walking embodiment of "anger management issues". That par
There are also those who claim he's a shameless and ambitious liar who would--and did--sell out his own brother to get ahead, but who are you going to trust: the Inquisition or a wanted fugitive?
The word "impetuous" is in the job description of every Prince Charming ever, but it's just a polite way of saying "behaving foolishly while having money and power".
On the plus side, Tobias really does pull off "impetuous" with a fair bit of charm. The good fortunes of his birth have left him bored, not cruel, and he's certainly more likeable for pursuing adventure rather than ambition. Still, it leaves him an easy (and endearing) pawn for a confidant con-woman.
Though he's a loyal and trusted guardsman to the house of Haywood, Nolan doesn't take the whole "warrior" thing any more seriously than he has to. He doesn't waste a lot of energy thinking about the past or future and his real business in life is to take whatever simple pleasures he can manage. But with simplicity comes clarity, and if you're one of his people and find yourself in a jam, he will clearly have your back.
hey say that power corrupts. What they don't bring up so much is that corruption and power create a feedback loop that too often only ends in an explosive overload of both.
Be sure that rising to her role as Grand High Inquisitrix didn't harden Jane Carver at all. Her ice cold heart was just a tool to secure her dream job.
Lady Minda Haywood, heir presumptive of Haywoodshire, treats the deep shadows the Crimson Forest as her personal playground. She also knows how to hold a hunting rifle even better than she knows how to hold a grudge--and that's saying a lot. Doubt her accuracy at your own peril.
A responsible and somewhat cynical veteran who understands that warfare is a fool's business and knows he is that fool. It's Ulric's calling to stand between the impassioned idealists he used to count himself among and the cold, unforgiving realities out to scar, maim, or even kill them.
At first glance Sabina might seem vain, spoiled, and vacuous but beneath it all she's actually vain, determined, and scheming--holding together a useless noble family of no real pedigree and failing wealth with the brain and beauty that are the only weapons available to her.
Meet Keely. She's not witch or a demon. Seriously. She's pretty sure about that.
The magic boots are just a family heirloom. They don't do much anyway. And that thing about turning into a cat is hardly more than a parlor trick--not like she sold her soul for it. It's just a thing she does.
A liar and thief? Okay, that's a fair cop, but a girl left alone in the world does what it takes to survive.
Besides, she's good at it and it's like a public service. She tries to only take things from people who already have too much and to pass on what she can't use to people who seem to need it before it can start weighing her down.
Sister Shoshona is the sort of true believer whose primary belief is that she numbers among the most worthy, followed closely by the corollary belief that everyone she encounters can be assumed not to have made the list at all until--against all odds--they prove otherwise. Close on the heels of those two axioms comes the certain knowledge that anyone who hasn't made the list is basically prey.
Have you ever heard of Borgia, Machiavelli, Moriarty? Amateurs. After all, the real master of intrigue is the one whose name and face you don't know.
In the here-and-now of Lethal Red Riding Hood, that woman behind the scenes goes by the mundane nom de guerre of "Lady A". She seems to be hunting for the elusive, heretical "Grimm Truth", but her motivations and allegiances remain as obscure as her identity.
The countess of Haywoodshire always winds up as the designated adult in any room she happens to grace. It's not that she wouldn't like to cut loose and join the revelry, but duty, honor, and responsibility have become so ingrained that she's always the first to crack and take charge of any fraught situation. Someone's got to do it, and she is unequivocally someone.
Don't mess with the librarian.
Elissa had a cozy job looking after the archives at the ancient and respected Belgrimm Abbey until she found herself at the wrong place and the wrong time, caught between a charming con-artist and the Inquisition.
Now life as she knew it is over. She's got nowhere to go except to tag along supporting the con-artist's grand scheme to bring down the Inquisition and hope it actually accomplishes something more than getting them both killed.
But don't count her out yet. A girl with nothing left to lose has no reason to pull her punches, and sometimes it's not who you know but what you know that counts.
