Two kingdoms at war. A prophecy broken. Captive in a foreign land, her destiny lies within.
On the day of her anointing, young Princess Nyaria and the women of her Freig clan are attacked by ruthless mercenaries.
With her kingdom decimated, her people scattered and lost, she is taken as a reluctant ward of her enemy. As she vows to avenge her family, forces align. Loyalties are tested. And a new war for power begins.
Can Nyaria find her way back to her people? Will temptations inside the new world consume her desires for vengeance? Or will the strange land become her prison forever?
He raised himself onto one elbow and came close, his gaze searching her eyes. Bri broke their stare, preferring to take in his full lips instead.
Bad idea.
Fresh memories of how he kissed between her thighs resurfaced, tempting her to forget he was a speed bump on her road to reclaiming the balance in her life.
Ethan’s fingers took another tour of her naked skin. He trailed them down her arm, hopped from the tip of her elbow to follow the curve of her hip. Bri relished the touch. The contact acted like an incendiary, rekindling an explosive need she had for him.
Excerpt from ‘The Blood Moon Princess’ – Episode 6
On the eve of the Choosing Ceremony, Nyaria had a restless sleep. She woke before dawn with her mother clinging to her arm. Lady Stonebridge did not spare her from her wrath when she learned what Nyaria had done. Agreeing to marry into Lord Thrinn’s family without her mother’s consent was the final indignity for the lady to suffer. But they had no other choice.
Nyaria snuck from the bed and slipped into her heavy robes, quietly leaving her chambers. This early in the day, the temple was still, save for a few acolytes milling around on the lower floors. She made her way down to the praying rooms. Nyaria knelt before Neres, the god of fortitude, closed her eyes, clasped her hands, and prayed. After a time, she heard footsteps approaching.
“It is forbidden. To leave your chambers before you are summoned on the day of the ceremony. Even to pray,” a woman said at her back. “Your presence here might upset the gods.”
“I’m sorry,” Nyaria said and looked over her shoulder. The woman wore the exquisite robes of the high priestesses, but the pattern on her hood was unlike any she had seen before and Nyaria struggled in the low light to make sense of the woman’s features.
“What is it that troubles you, child?”
Where to begin? Nyaria thought.
“Nothing troubles me. I only came to say a prayer for my mother.”
“Ah yes, we have heard Lady Stonebridge has not been well.”
By now it shouldn’t surprise her that their trials in Atkah were well known to all inside the temple—and many outside of it. Nyaria shifted her skirts and pushed herself to her feet.
“Begging your pardon, I’ll return to my chambers now,” she said and dipped to show her respect.
“I knew your father, Nyaria Stonebridge. Everyone knew him as a good man with a great name, but it will be remembered in you, in your actions, from this day forward,” the woman said.
Nyaria raised her eyes to the priestess, found the woman smiling. For a moment, her body tensed, refusing to move. She contemplated asking the meaning of her words but reconsidered. She left the woman in the praying room, racing back to her chambers.
By the time her mother opened her eyes, Nyaria was already laced into her elaborate purple dress. Lady Stonebridge eyed her as she rose, her hair disheveled and her face gaunt. Her mother wore the same smock for days now, nibbled at her food, and wandered the chambers aimlessly. It was cause for concerns.
“It was her last night of freedom, so she planned on being susceptible to the slightest coercion.”
How was that for an opening line? Well, it’s still a draft and now you can let me know exactly how you feel about it with just a few keystrokes. Here’s how:
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I wanted to refresh the books covers in the series. Nothing too serious, just a little nip & tuck (who remembers that tv series? I DO!). So here are the fresh new covers for The Right Woman, Break Every Rule and Feast of Flesh. I love them and I hope you do too.
In other exciting news! I’m putting together the Being the Billionaire’s Girlfriend omnibus book which will be called, The Prequels. While the stories can be read alone, I think they are better together! The compilation is coming later this year and will feature the first three books in the Being the Billionaire’s Girlfriend Saga.
There’s a lot more to come for Alan and Bri, so stay tuned!
Nigel tiptoed to where the girl fell, dropping a knee beside her small, lifeless body. The mangled crown of flowers around her head told him everything he needed to know about who she was. She was the enemy.
Everyone knew Freig men and boys were raised as savages who killed noble knights while they slept beneath their blankets instead of facing them in battle. Cowards were what they were. But no one ever told Nigel much about Freig girls—or more likely, he never listened to those bits of the knights’ tales.
She didn’t look any different from any of the other girls in his village or his sisters. In fact, she was just as pretty. Even prettier than many of them, he thought; but it was dark so he couldn’t really be sure and that was the sort of thing he could give a fig about.
The girl’s eyes sprung open, breaking into his revelry. Nigel flinched, but he brought his dagger to her throat.
Neither of them moved until she said, “Help me. Please.”
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