If you are looking for a great love story with minimal drama but enough action, this book is ideal.

The love scenes are epic, and sparks fly as the passion between the duo escalates. It is refreshing that the two lovebirds overcome many obstacles and see beyond their differences. Both are open-minded, and while they start as platonic friends, they connect deeply over time. Unlike most stories on forced marriages, this one is different as the two do not hate each other from the beginning. While both Ildiko and Brishen are repulsed, at first sight, they connect in mind and spirit.

Radiance is a romance story set in the world of fantasy. Even if the hostile kingdom threatens this beautiful couple, the two are determined to fight anyone that stands in their way and make their relationship work. The couple brought together by trappings of politics and duty, realize that they are soulmates destined for each other. What starts as a marriage of convenience grows into a love so strong that the two lovebirds soon become inseparable. While he finds her ugly, Brishen is a dutiful son who is determined to make the marriage work. Ildiko is nothing like Brishen has ever seen. Whatever the situation, Ildiko knows that she has to maintain her marriage for the sake of her kingdom. When the time for marriage is ripe, Ildiko will leave her family and all she knows and embrace a spouse who looks like something from a horror movie.

Understandably, she is horrified when she finds out that her groom is not just foreign but a prince from an unfamiliar and non-human kingdom. Ever since Ildiko understood that her worth in the family is in the marriage with the Kai kingdom, she had resigned to her fate. The prince and his bride are forced into a marriage designed to cement the relationship between the two tribes. The Kais also have fangs instead of teeth and black claws in place of nails. Ildiko comes from the human kingdom while Brishen is Kai, a non-human race characterized by gray skin and yellow eyes without pupils. Brishen and Ildiko come from different worlds. The story features Brishen Khaskem, the prince of Kai and the spare heir to the throne, and Ildiko, his bride. Radiance is the first book in the Wraith Kings series. She enjoys exploring Texas outdoors together with her husband and her dogs. Grace has lived in Spain, Scotland and hiked the Teton Mountains. She’s enjoyed storytelling since she was a young girl, and this is evident throughout her writing. she has a good number of fantasy novels under her name. Grace Draven is an American author of science fiction, romance, short stories, and fantasy books.

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