Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Relief and happiness coursed through her. Ildiko closed her book and offered him a drowsy smile. He leaned against the door frame and crossed his arms. This slowburn romance follows Brishen and Ildiko. Brishen stood at the threshold, dressed down to undertunic and trousers, his feet bare and his hair damp. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Book 1 and 2 of The Wraith Kings series, following the love of Brishen and Ildiko, by Grace Draven. Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.
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