Salinda of Havenel is the daughter of the Great Warrior Gregoire and niece of the King Roark. Being a noblewoman there were certain things expected of her, she was to be dainty, proper, and once she reached of age, to be married off to a neighboring country to form relations. However, Salinda was far from the normal noblewoman. She liked archery, horseback riding, sword play, and rough housing.
By the time Sal turned age 10, the age other nobleborns could become pages, she wanted to join the path to Knighthood. However, no other girls in two centuries had been a knight, and there were those, in the kingdom of Carlika, who thought it should remain that way, but Sal was determined to break that old fashion thought.
[COMPLETED] She can save them all. Her people. Her kingdom. Her family.
But only if she marries the king of the enemy.
Hell breaks loose when 𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔, princess and heir to the throne, is forced to marry the king of her enemies--a man she despises with her heart and soul.
When her protests to the betrothal are rejected by her father, Imogen searches for other ways to cope with her newfound fate. Naive and a little reckless, she finds herself escaping the castle grounds to forget that her life has been signed away. Little does she know, she never has to leave the grounds to find the remedy she longs for. He's everything that a princess should avoid--a mischievous, dangerous thief with a sword.
𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐒 runs from a life he once had. When his past catches up with him, he's offered a way to get back what he lost: sneak inside the castle. With the legend of his thieving reputation crossing the lands, he knows nobody will be able to catch him.
No one but a sneaky princess equipped with a bow and arrow.
Only in the night do the two come to life. Hearts yearn and emotions run wild, but can their love survive the turbulance of the kingdom's war and her unwanted betrothal?