And so he sets off in search of this rebellious royal to quell a burning curiosity inside. Now, this girl, this princess, had done what he’d not had the courage to do. And certainly not because a piece of paper commanded it.” “All my life I dreamed about someone loving me for me. Flees to a new place carrying ancient documents she stole, searching for the freedom she’s always yearned. As we quickly learn, however, Lia is not the kind of girl to be tied down, and she runs. The marriage was a political union and Lia’s fate as First Daughter. We meet Princess Lia on her wedding day, the First Daughter of the House of Morrighan, as she is forced to marry a man she’s not met… a prince from the Kingdom of Dalbreck.

Set in a world shaped by feuding kingdoms, myth and magic, tradition and responsibility, the story sizzles from the very beginning. Pearson pens an utterly addictive fantasy with great characters and a gripping, well-developed plot. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets-secrets that may unravel her world-even as she feels herself falling in love. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive-and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.įed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection.

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Gladly get lost in this richly imagined world full of myth and magic.

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