Cat's Books: Romance

THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. 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. 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.

THE NOBLEWOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. 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. 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.

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.

Review

What a delightful romance! I adored how wry and intelligent the hero and heroine are.

This is a wonderful arranged marriage, alliance marriage plot between sensible people Sensible is so sexy! Really.

They come from very different cultures and appearances and are at first are repulsed by each other but find a fast friendship which blooms into amorous love. Great stuff! A sweet and hot love story.

The world building is top notch, the secondary characters compelling, and the action engaging.

Can't wait for the next book in the series.