A strong-willed princess finds fiery passion with a roguishly handsome warrior in the New York Timesβbestselling authorβs medieval romance.
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Crown Princess Thera of Mercia is fiercely independent and wholly devoted to her subjects. Yet she must marry before she can become Queen. The beautyβs reluctance to choose a husband has plunged her into peril far from homeβand into the arms of a handsome rescuer.
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Powerful, hot-blooded mercenary Saxxe Rouen has better things to do than fight a crowd of drunken brutes. After all, there is little profit in saving a demoiselle in distressβor is there? His valor should be repaid, if not in silver, then in another kind of reward: Lovely Thera will spend one night in his bed.
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Once safe, Thera faces yet another danger: her attraction to the charming warrior. But as a battle of wits ensues, one night may lead to three. And a proud princess may discover the pleasure of surrendering her heartβwhile Saxxe may find the kingdom, and the love, he was truly meant to winΒ .Β .Β .
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Previously published as The Princess and the Barbarian.