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She is the beautiful daughter of a wise and benevolent King. She lives a happy life and all is well until she is told she must marry a Prince from another country in order to build an alliance between the two nations.
She is willing until she meets the Prince and finds him so desperately… plain. Will she overcome this or will she refuse her father’s order?
Written by Rebecca Milton
Published by AmorBooks
It wasn’t so much the act that troubled her. She knew her brother had killed before. It was part of his job, part of his place in the family. She knew this, looked past it, accepted it and, still, she loved him dearly. No, the knowledge that he had killed was not what bothered her. What bothered her was the casual way he said it. He had never told her before, never outright, like this time. Sitting in the great room, by the fire, her needle point on her lap, Giovanni sitting opposite her, both of them listening to the howls of their older sister. She wept and thrashed in her room, expressing the deep grief of a young bride who had lost her husband.
“She is unconsolable,” Katina said to her brother, he nodded, saying nothing, looking deep into the dancing flames. “Will she ever be happy again?” Again, he said nothing. “She believes herself the only woman in the world to have lost a husband.”
