At Columbyann Palace during the 6th Reign of Emperor Jahn,
the emperor has decided it is time to take a wife. Five
women of high stature are being brought before the court as
perspective brides for Emperor Jahn. General Tearlach
Merin, currently being considered for Minister of Defense,
is volunteering to fetch Belalari Haythorne of the quite
wealthy Turi clan. Merin previously spent time with this
clan, including sex with the virgin Bela, and he knows that
it would be dangerous to send someone else.
When Merin arrives at the village, he's shocked to discover
that Bela tricked him into performing the Turi marriage vow
ritual on his previous visit -- and he finds himself married
to her. To dissolve the marriage, Bela and Merin begin the
tradition of being bound to each other for 22 days by a
red, white and black braided cloth tied around their
waists. Added to the mix is Kitty, a magical sword
that's "chosen" Bela. Also, the clan is being threatened by
Nobel, a man who previously pursued Bela, and plans to have
her and Kitty for his own. Bela and Merin are forced to
journey to the forbidden mountain where Kitty was found to
search for answers before Nobel returns to claim Bela.
Bela and Merin make startling discoveries in the cave where
they leave Kitty safe from Nobel's hands. They find
etchings that involve their unborn female child. Bela and
Merin find each other and their sexual prowess at the
mountain. Now they must race back to save her clan, while
Merin must make a choice of keeping Bela or offering her to
Emperor Jahn.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this magical tale of the
powers of love and the mystical, powerful sword. There is
so much to this story that it is impossible to tell. It is
a must read to fully enjoy the surprises and the magic of
the tale. I loved the exciting characters and their
spirited souls. An enchanting and hard-to-put-down novel.
Just when the lovely Bela has given up on Merin - the
dashing general to whom she lost her maidenhead - he appears
in her native Turi, with orders from the emperor to return
with Bela as a prospective Empress. Fearless and skilled
with her magical sword, Bela embodies everything Merin could
want in a soldier. Except she's a female. And already
married - he's horrified to learn - to him...
For her own reasons, Bela drugged him all those years ago,
performing the Turi marital rite. Now, to server the Turi
bond forever, Bela and Merin must remain bound together by a
short rope for 22 days - and 22 nights. That is, if they
don't kill each other first...
But on the horizon looms a cutthroat enemy. Now the pair
will have to rely on each other-- and the magical sword--to
make through alive, and experience the strength of the ties
that bind...
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