NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first novel of the bestselling Bridge Kingdom series now in a
stunning deluxe hardcover edition featuring: • Designed sprayed edges • A deluxe jacket
with new cover art • A full-color illustrated book case with new character art • A new interior
black-and-white map • Designed endpapers • A spine design that will stretch across future
deluxe hardcover editions in the series Begin a sweeping sizzling fantasy romance filled
with political intrigue and passionate love from the New York Times bestselling author of A
Fate Inked in Blood . A warrior princess trained in isolation Lara is driven by two
certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is
that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees. The only route through a storm-ravaged
world the Bridge Kingdom of Ithicana enriches itself and deprives its rivals including Lara’s
homeland. So when she’s sent there as a bride under the guise of peace Lara is prepared to do
whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses—and the defenses of its king. Yet as
she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge
Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. As her feelings for her husband
transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save .
. . and which she’ll destroy. Also includes the bonus chapters from the paperback reissue:
“The Wedding” from Ahnna’s point of view and “The Capture” from Jor’s point of view Don’t
miss any of Danielle L. Jensen’s Bridge Kingdom series: THE BRIDGE KINGDOM • THE TRAITOR
QUEEN • THE INADEQUATE HEIR • THE ENDLESS WAR • THE TWISTED THRONE
