Of course, it’s not quite as simple as that, though. Our prince is the jilted other party from the arranged marriage, curious to see who he had lost when the princess fled.

Our assassin was from another kingdom hired to kill Lia to prevent any future relationship between her homeland and her betrothed’s homeland. Lia is our princess who has run away from an arranged marriage she never wanted to be a part of and is hiding in a small, waterfront village with her friend Pauline. This book follows three major characters. But when I finished my most recent read, I was reading the synopsis’ of a few books and this one just seemed to be exactly what I wanted right now. I’d picked it up at a used book store on a whim one day, and then never got around to it. This book had been sitting on my shelf for months before I got around to it. The premise sounded interesting enough, but I mostly wanted it to see if this Lia was like my Lia. Not going to lie, I bought this book because the main character’s name was Lia, and I also write a character with that name. Song For This Book: Two Stones – Daniel Bryant Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets-secrets that may unravel her world-even as she feels herself falling in love. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive-and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.įed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection. A princess must find her place in a reborn world.

The kiss of deception book 2