All my life I’d been told that I looked like my mother. I rolled my eyes and smoothed my dress, studying myself in the mirror. “You are a child until you marry,” she said. “ Read, you insolent child,” Nadia snapped, but her response was playful and not at all filled with the tension of our earlier exchange. “And do what with your time? Stitch cushions?” I did not own many headpieces because what I had belonged to my mother, many of which came from her native home on the Atoll of Nalani. “Can I resign?” she asked as she reached for a pearl tiara I kept on the mantle of my fireplace. When she was finished, I promptly slipped it back. Nadia drew my hair over my shoulders, arranging my thick, dark waves to hide the swell of my breasts. I was fit and I could fight-that was more than I could say for her, a nursemaid who had failed to turn me into a docile princess. One of my thighs was probably the size of her waist. Nadia commented on my weight because it was another part of me that did not fit the mold. “Too much bread,” she said as she attempted-and failed-to force my neckline higher. Nadia clicked her tongue, a sign of her disapproval. The neckline was square and low, and my breasts pillowed at the very top. I let Nadia choose my dress, a rarity, and I think in her excitement, she forgot the occasion because she chose my favorite gown-a cerulean silk with pearl embellishments that ignited like fire against my darkened skin. Photo: Sourcebooks READ: King of Battle and Blood exclusive previewĪn hour later I was ready to present to my father. Readers will be chomping at the bit for the next installment.King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair has a masterful hand with the couple's slow burn, balancing banter, contention, and highly charged moments. Despite animosity from the townspeople who oppose their union, the sexual tension between the unlikely newlyweds only mounts, and readers are treated to a deliciously slow-building romance as Adrian and Isolde discover an evil power and work together to defeat a common enemy. In the face of this intense chemistry, Isolde questions both her sanity and her loyalty to her homeland. It helps that a quick encounter between Isolde and Adrian before the wedding sparked a palpable sexual tension between the born enemies. Isolde reluctantly accepts, hoping to save her people. Adrian agrees to peace, but he wants to take Isolde, Henri's daughter, as his wife and future queen of Revekka, the Empire of the Vampire. Eager to avoid more bloodshed, King Henri de Lara forms a truce with the Blood King, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev.
Clair (When Stars Come Out) breathes new life into an old trope as a princess and a vampire king wed to end a yearslong war in this outstanding series opener.
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