Showing results by author "C.K. Brooke"

Dainy doesn't know that she is the lost duchess of Jordinia, or that her uncle has organized a contest to seek her, offering her marriage hand as the reward! Though at odds, three clashing rivals--a noble giant, a forester, and a thief--voyage together by woodland, plains, and sea to recover the lost royal, notwithstanding assassins and spies at their tail. Soon, Dainy is swept into a comically complex romantic triangle as her suitors compete to capture her heart. Charmingly romantic and bursting with action, startling twists, and vivid characters, fans of Anastasia and The Princess Bride will adore this original yet timeless tale of swashbuckling adventure and unlikely love. 

Before the New Republic seized the nation, before its legendary duchess was ever lost or found...there was the last empress. On her eighteenth birthday, Neandra Gatspierre, daughter of the Earl of Witham, learns that she has been chosen to wed Jordinia's future emperor, Dane Ducelle IV. In the diary she receives as a gift, Neandra chronicles her days from arriving to the palace in Pierma as a new bride and accepting the crown as empress, to navigating a complex marriage and suppressing her dangerous affections for another man. Meanwhile, an ill-starred succession of famine, economic decline, and plague threatens to inspire the country's most disgruntled citizens to full-fledged rebellion. The stage is set for the epic, romantic adventure series in this fast-moving, diary-format prequel that will leave you aching to devour the whole saga.

In Ancient Greece, the goddess, Artemis, was venerated as a maiden huntress, swift with her bow and arrows and eternally chaste. But could there be more to her story? Perhaps Lady Artemis had envisioned quite a different destiny than the one her father, Zeus, had chosen for her. What if she hadn't merely pined after the giant huntsman, Orion, but had secretly partaken of a forbidden romance with him?

Dainy Ducelle possesses only one clue to her royal inheritance - if indeed it still exists. Accompanied by her loyal companions - Mac, Jon, and Bos - she embarks upon another riveting quest, braving pirates, desert thieves, and mountain gales through exotic new lands on a whole new continent to seek her fortune. But when an unusual treasure is discovered, the former duchess gains the sudden potential to become a future empress...whether she wants to or not.  

At age 16, Talia is certain of two things: she is the crown princess, and she's not getting married. What she doesn't know is that the kingdom of Dorsett despises her, including the burly knight whose attention she covets. Mallory Cotts is a lowly stable girl employed on the grounds of Dorsett Castle. The horses she tends are her only friends. But a chance confrontation with the princess lands the two vastly different girls into a bitter tussle... until a mysterious golden dove flutters into their midst, volunteering an effective resolution between them. 

Seventeen-year-old Lorileen Masters is cursed. To undo the damage, she must travel all the way to the vindictive witch Rhiannyn's lair and bargain for a reversal, even as demon shades stalk her. That is, until she's rescued by a highwayman hunter on a golden horse. Archer Cross seems to possess a remarkable - if not mysterious - shielding effect against Lori's shades, so much that she insists he chaperone her to the witch's woods. Neither expected the love of a lifetime; yet, that is exactly what Lori and Archer find in each other.