Sixteen year old Shahrzad volunteers to marry a monster but she does some with one purpose in mind…..to kill the monster.
Khalid, Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride every night and in the morning promptly murders them.
One of the latest victims of the Caliph is Shahrzad’s best friend….and that is the reason she volunteers to marry him next…..she plans on getting vengeance on the boy king who murders innocent young women.
None of the brides has survived to see more than a single sunset, but Shahrzad had a plan…..and that plan involves telling the king stories each night in and waiting for the perfect opportunity to learn his weaknesses which she will ultimately use to destroy him.
Well what started out as a good idea soon begins to backfire as Shahrzad starts to develop unwelcome feelings of desire for the young king.
Torn between avenging her best friend and falling in love with a man who is the very air she breaths has its costs. Khalid and Shahrzad risk everything for love but that choice could ruin not just the two lovers but the entire kingdom as well.
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With the holiday season in full swing I was looking for a book that would help me get into the Christmas ‘spirit’ this year. I’ve been kind of hit and miss with my holiday reading over the years but each year I try to find a holiday book that gets me in the Christmas mood.
Antarctica, ballet, and science….all together in one story. What in the world?
Pepper Schuyler has got some problems and about nine months to figure out how to solve them. With a baby on the way, she needs money…bad and in 1966 she has few options to earn money.
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