During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior…. Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li’s innocent … Ai Li’s innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her–which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted….
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There are romances and then there are Romances (intentional capital R). This book by Jeannie Lin, which won the RWA’s Golden Heart Contest before it was published, is a Romance.
To be a romance (small r) a book needs to be a story about two people falling in love, mostly while resisting the notion and mostly while overcoming obstacles to their …
Years ago, I picked up My Fair Concubine which is book three in the Tang Dynasty series. I fell in love with this colorful and culturally rich Asian historical romance. I went on to read each new release from the author, but never went back for the earlier books in the series. Until now…
Butterfly Swords is the debut book in the series and …