The Year's Midnight — Rachel Neumeier

A portal fantasy from the other side: what happens if someone from a swords & sorcery world ends up in 21st C America? Of course she would be sent to a psychiatric institution ... A gifted psychiatrist, Daniel Dodson is perfectly aware that he's in a tough place personally following the death of his wife. Then a mysterious new patient offers a welcome professional distraction.The world of swords and magic that Tenai so vividly remembers obviously can't be real. The deadly enmity and long war that left such deep emotional scars plainly symbolize something else. But perhaps Daniel can use the signposts of those false memories to aid Tenai in moving forward into a new life in the real world...